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Political Economy
CIP 4510 · offered at 1,330 colleges · national median earnings $62,270 · median debt $23,678
CollegeMedian earnings
Johns Hopkins University · MD · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$121,729George Washington University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$106,674Dartmouth College · NH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$17,500 debt$106,153University of Maryland-College Park · MD · Public · Doctoral Degree$105,840University of California-San Diego · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$104,566Vanderbilt University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,000 debt$102,789Davidson College · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$19,500 debt$101,438Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,943 debt$100,245American University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$98,567Colby College · ME · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$96,621Harvard University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$95,838Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$14,400 debt$95,391Washington and Lee University · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$95,190University of Notre Dame · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$94,297Trinity College · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$94,097Bucknell University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$94,028Emory University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$17,590 debt$94,001Santa Clara University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,750 debt$93,518University of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$14,722 debt$93,033Washington University in St Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,500 debt$90,778Yale University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$90,764Lehigh University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,150 debt$90,302Elon University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$89,685Bowdoin College · ME · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,634 debt$89,253Princeton University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$88,576Duke University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$14,016 debt$88,459Williams College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$10,750 debt$88,339College of the Holy Cross · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$88,088Hamilton College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,500 debt$88,019Lafayette College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$13,640 debt$87,904University of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,500 debt$87,869Rice University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$87,804University of Florida · FL · Public · Master's Degree$86,694Boston College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,000 debt$86,537James Madison University · VA · Public · Master's Degree$86,137Wake Forest University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,133 debt$85,668Brown University · RI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$14,481 debt$85,388Fairfield University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$83,709Brigham Young University · UT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$11,745 debt$83,209Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$16,250 debt$83,188Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.