Bachelor's · St. Mary's City, Maryland
Is Political Science and Government at St. Mary's College of Maryland 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 3.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $77,763
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $13,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $89k (likely $89k – $109k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $38k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 3.4 years (likely 2.5–5.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $100k (likely −$24k – $238k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $531k (likely $278k – $821k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 65%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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 Maryland
- Johns Hopkins University$121,729
- University of Maryland Global Campus$82,263
- Loyola University Maryland$81,575
- University of Maryland-College Park$74,437
- Washington College$69,018
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County$64,756
- Towson University$60,313
- Salisbury University$60,089
- Frostburg State University$57,770
- Mount St. Mary's University$56,507