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Political Economy
CIP 4510 · offered at 1,330 colleges · national median earnings $62,270 · median debt $23,678
CollegeMedian earnings
Haverford College · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$62,242Gustavus Adolphus College · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$62,218University of Miami · FL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$17,500 debt$62,216Virginia Commonwealth University · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,376 debt$62,182CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$14,820 debt$62,150Mount Holyoke College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,000 debt$62,045CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$9,531 debt$62,040Kennesaw State University · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,625 debt$61,971Southwestern University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$24,625 debt$61,935University of St Thomas · MN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,750 debt$61,922San Francisco State University · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,000 debt$61,915University of Kansas · KS · Public · Bachelor's Degree$22,249 debt$61,839Lake Forest College · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$61,770California State Polytechnic University-Pomona · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$61,712The University of Alabama · AL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,785 debt$61,617Hartwick College · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,710 debt$61,608Baylor University · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$61,578University of Houston · TX · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$61,533University of Dallas · TX · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,500 debt$61,484Wayne State University · MI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,812 debt$61,466Utah Valley University · UT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,413 debt$61,464University of South Dakota · SD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$61,362California State University-Chico · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,423 debt$61,293Georgia College & State University · GA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$21,965 debt$61,009Bloomfield College of Montclair State University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$60,984Montclair State University · NJ · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$60,984University of Mary Washington · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,899 debt$60,881University of Massachusetts-Amherst · MA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,865 debt$60,726Central Connecticut State University · CT · Public · Bachelor's Degree$18,689 debt$60,678Metropolitan State University of Denver · CO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$23,500 debt$60,639Truman State University · MO · Public · Bachelor's Degree$26,649 debt$60,586University of Rhode Island · RI · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,500 debt$60,559Northeastern Illinois University · IL · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,550 debt$60,545College of Staten Island CUNY · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$12,603 debt$60,500University of Arkansas · AR · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,370 debt$60,441East Carolina University · NC · Public · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$60,419Towson University · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$20,875 debt$60,313State University of New York at Cortland · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$24,138 debt$60,296California State University-Sacramento · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$16,084 debt$60,278California Lutheran University · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,125 debt$60,243Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.