Bachelor's · Manchester, New Hampshire
Is Political Science and Government at Southern New Hampshire University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 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 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $53,599
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $67,011
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $20,847
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $156k (likely $156k – $203k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $22k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NH
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 10 years (likely 7.8–14.0)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$183k (likely −$295k – −$106k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $95k (likely −$89k – $274k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 42%
- 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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- Saint Anselm College$80,763
- University of New Hampshire-Main Campus$64,762
- Keene State College$47,015