Bachelor's · York, Pennsylvania
Is Political Science and Government at York College of Pennsylvania 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 7.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $50,258
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $55,997
- 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
- $93k (likely $93k – $121k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in PA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 7.6 years (likely 4.8–15.3)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$114k (likely −$227k – $653)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $107k (likely −$128k – $341k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 62%
- 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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Political Science and Government at other schools in Pennsylvania
- Bucknell University$94,028
- University of Pennsylvania$93,033
- Lehigh University$90,302
- Lafayette College$87,904
- Villanova University$83,179
- Gettysburg College$76,597
- Mercyhurst University$76,154
- Franklin and Marshall College$74,822
- University of Scranton$72,038
- Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia$69,816