Bachelor's · Poughkeepsie, New York
Is Political Science and Government at Marist 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 in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6.5 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $48,940
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $79,816
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $22,843
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $181k (likely $181k – $184k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $43k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 6.5 years (likely 5.1–8.6)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $16k (likely −$104k – $150k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $529k (likely $272k – $849k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 81%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Political Science and Government at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$100,245
- Cornell University$95,391
- Hamilton College$88,019
- Colgate University$83,188
- New York University$80,957
- Hobart William Smith Colleges$79,778
- Barnard College$77,805
- St Lawrence University$75,486
- Syracuse University$75,239
- Union College$75,005