Bachelor's · Saint Petersburg, Florida
Is Political Science and Government at Eckerd College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,659
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- 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
- $178k (likely $178k – $201k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$476 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in FL
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$384k (likely −$463k – −$310k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$392k (likely −$529k – −$240k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 69%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Eckerd College
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$63,660
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$61,685
- Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor's)$60,969
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's)$54,501
- Psychology, General (Bachelor's)$53,220
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (Bachelor's)$48,631
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$47,814
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$45,768
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor's)$39,932
- Zoology/Animal Biology (Bachelor's)$31,929
- Research and Experimental Psychology (Bachelor's)$31,605
Political Science and Government at other schools in Florida
- Rollins College$76,600
- University of Florida$70,434
- Florida State University$68,059
- Flagler College$65,513
- University of South Florida$64,820
- University of Central Florida$64,056
- University of Miami$62,216
- The University of Tampa$58,754
- University of North Florida$58,718
- Florida International University$57,996