Bachelor's · Turlock, California
Is Political Science and Government at California State University-Stanislaus worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.7 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $36,901
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $60,505
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $16k (likely $15k – $21k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $21k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.7 years (likely 1.5–4.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$13k (likely −$115k – $113k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $257k (likely $33k – $528k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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⚖️ Getting ready in high school
Students heading toward law, government & society majors like this one often take these classes. Every school offers a different mix, so check with your counselor.
AP classes
- AP U.S. Government and Politics
- AP U.S. History
- AP English Language and Composition
- AP Comparative Government and Politics
IB Higher Level
- History HL
- Global Politics HL
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Political Science and Government at other schools in California
- Santa Clara University$93,518
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$81,843
- Pepperdine University$75,954
- University of California-Berkeley$75,128
- University of Southern California$75,090
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- Claremont McKenna College$73,826
- Northeastern University Oakland$73,539
- Occidental College$72,441
- Loyola Marymount University$72,375