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Political Economy
CIP 4510 · offered at 1,330 colleges · national median earnings $62,270 · median debt $23,678
CollegeMedian earnings
Lawrence University · WI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$50,021The University of Texas at Arlington · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,406 debt$50,006Stephen F Austin State University · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,250 debt$49,980Tennessee Technological University · TN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$49,898State University of New York at Plattsburgh · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,106 debt$49,754Cleveland State University · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,375 debt$49,647Western Washington University · WA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,431 debt$49,640Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$49,440University of Wisconsin-Green Bay · WI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,383 debt$49,349Arkansas State University · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,500 debt$49,078Misericordia University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$48,992University of Akron Main Campus · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,983 debt$48,987Grand Valley State University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,250 debt$48,896Austin Peay State University · TN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,500 debt$48,840Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · FL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,141 debt$48,733East Tennessee State University · TN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,000 debt$48,452Texas Woman's University · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$30,162 debt$48,429University of Louisiana at Lafayette · LA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,063 debt$48,378University of Toledo · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$48,320Saint Cloud State University · MN · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,908 debt$48,305College of Western Idaho · ID · Public · Associate's Degree$48,247William Paterson University of New Jersey · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$48,101Concordia College at Moorhead · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$48,014University of South Carolina-Upstate · SC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$30,000 debt$47,796Lincoln University · PA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$28,500 debt$47,374The University of Montana · MT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,173 debt$47,341North Carolina Central University · NC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$31,000 debt$47,317St. Joseph's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$47,296Valdosta State University · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,100 debt$47,035Keene State College · NH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$47,015St. Mary's University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$46,620Wittenberg University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$46,577Southern Connecticut State University · CT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,499 debt$45,270Kalamazoo College · MI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,383 debt$45,265The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$10,250 debt$44,895Francis Marion University · SC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$44,803University of Alabama at Birmingham · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$44,493Virginia State University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$27,127 debt$44,002Eastern Kentucky University · KY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,498 debt$43,786University of North Alabama · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,449 debt$43,706Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.