4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$59,747
Program median
Program + credential
Political Science and Government.: Graduate/Professional Certificate
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$60,444
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$22,787
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
30,227
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $41,943 | 75.5% | Available |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | Public | $10,440 | 68.9% | Available |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA | Public | $9,338 | 56.3% | Available |
| Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | Public | $17,597 | 58.7% | Available |
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,590 | 96.1% | Available |
| Emporia State University Emporia, KS | Public | $16,261 | 56.1% | Available |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL | Public | $12,568 | 57.4% | Available |
| Florida International University Miami, FL | Public | $9,288 | 74.4% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | Available |
| Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN | Public | $10,873 | 42.9% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-East Richmond, IN | Public | $8,134 | 39.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-Kokomo Kokomo, IN | Public | $3,968 | 45.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-South Bend South Bend, IN | Public | $8,653 | 40.1% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN | Public | $14,600 | 83.1% | Available |
| Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | Private nonprofit | $19,923 | 56.9% | Available |
| Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN | Public | $13,529 | 40.3% | Available |
| Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX | Public | $16,404 | 54.8% | Available |
| San Diego State University San Diego, CA | Public | $15,364 | 76.4% | Available |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | Public | $12,278 | 50.4% | Available |
| Southern Adventist University Collegedale, TN | Private nonprofit | $24,345 | 49.4% | Available |
| St. John's University-New York Queens, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,999 | 66.1% | Available |
| Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private nonprofit | $38,793 | 83.6% | Available |
| Texas Woman's University Denton, TX | Public | $11,963 | 49.1% | Available |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX | Public | $9,403 | 50.2% | Available |
| The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX | Public | $4,831 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | Available |
| University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | $25,097 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | Public | $13,807 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | Public | $16,403 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | Public | $16,798 | 56.5% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | Public | $10,875 | 52.7% | Available |
| University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | $6,541 | 91.1% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | Public | $17,707 | 49.4% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE | Public | $13,441 | 47.1% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC | Public | $10,965 | 56.3% | Available |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC | Public | $20,109 | 70.6% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $17,354 | 89.6% | Available |
| Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private nonprofit | $43,756 | 91.9% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Webster University Saint Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $27,047 | 64.4% | Available |
| Western New Mexico University Silver City, NM | Public | $8,522 | 32.2% | Available |
| Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR | Public | $17,237 | 47.1% | Available |
| Worcester State University Worcester, MA | Public | $13,381 | 61.5% | Available |