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Political Economy
CIP 4510 · offered at 1,330 colleges · national median earnings $62,270 · median debt $23,678
CollegeMedian earnings
Villanova University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,620 debt$83,179University of Maryland Global Campus · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,600 debt$82,263California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,665 debt$81,843Loyola University Maryland · MD · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$81,575American Public University System · WV · Private (for-profit) · Bachelor's Degree$18,304 debt$81,056New York University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$80,957Saint Anselm College · NH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$80,763Bates College · ME · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$11,532 debt$80,714Georgetown University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$79,929Hobart William Smith Colleges · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$79,778DePauw University · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$79,117Bryant University · RI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$78,579University of Virginia-Main Campus · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,015 debt$78,310Tufts University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$17,725 debt$78,180Barnard College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$77,805University of Michigan-Ann Arbor · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,862 debt$77,480Middlebury College · VT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$77,444Florida State University · FL · Public · Master's Degree$76,608Rollins College · FL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,362 debt$76,600Gettysburg College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$76,597Case Western Reserve University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$76,451University of Illinois Springfield · IL · Public · Master's Degree$76,243Mercyhurst University · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$76,154Stonehill College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$76,123The University of Texas at Austin · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$75,988Pepperdine University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,625 debt$75,954Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,250 debt$75,687Providence College · RI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$75,637St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$75,486Texas Christian University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$75,419Miami University-Oxford · OH · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$75,374Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,799 debt$75,239University of California-Berkeley · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$13,000 debt$75,128University of Southern California · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,869 debt$75,090Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,899 debt$75,005Franklin and Marshall College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$74,822Saint Mary's College · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$74,623Furman University · SC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$74,476Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,575 debt$74,419Marist University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$74,308Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.