Bachelor's · Maryville, Missouri
Is Political Science and Government at Northwest Missouri State University 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 10.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,276
- 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
- $68k (likely $68k – $86k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10.2 years (likely 5.1–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$160k (likely −$246k – −$59k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$65k (likely −$233k – $141k)
- 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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- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$80,690
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$77,811
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$72,893
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$65,692
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's)$63,051
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$58,035
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$57,907
- Marketing (Bachelor's)$57,705
- Biology, General (Bachelor's)$57,564
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Bachelor's)$55,846
- Geography and Cartography (Bachelor's)$55,656
Political Science and Government at other schools in Missouri
- Washington University in St Louis$90,778
- Saint Louis University$67,287
- Southeast Missouri State University$66,799
- University of Missouri-Columbia$64,747
- University of Central Missouri$63,965
- Missouri Southern State University$62,576
- Truman State University$60,586
- University of Missouri-St Louis$60,016
- Missouri State University-Springfield$58,014
- Lindenwood University$55,869