Bachelor's+1% vs national median167 grads tracked
Political Science and Government at Wofford College
Ranked 88th of 322 bachelor's programs in Political Science and Government by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$36,638
middle 50%: $24,947 – $50,767
Median · 5 years out
$62,631
middle 50%: $47,802 – $82,479
Median · 10 years out
$99,192
middle 50%: $70,870 – $134,060
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Political Science and Government (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Wofford College graduates in Political Science and Government earn a median of $37k in year one. Salaries climb to $63k by year five and $99k by year ten.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.8 yrs
≈ $8,348 total interest
Same major at other universities
Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina
$63,157 · 5 yrs out
University of Arizona (The)
$63,137 · 5 yrs out
Sweet Briar College
$63,105 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Cortland
$63,044 · 5 yrs out
Roanoke College
$62,818 · 5 yrs out
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
$62,701 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Lehman College
$62,421 · 5 yrs out
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
$62,378 · 5 yrs out
SUNY College at Purchase
$62,349 · 5 yrs out
Valparaiso University
$62,322 · 5 yrs out
Augsburg University
$62,322 · 5 yrs out
Christopher Newport University
$62,236 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Wofford College
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)
$82,929 · 5 yrs out
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)
$80,971 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Bachelor's)
$78,675 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$73,958 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$73,958 · 5 yrs out
Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)
$72,146 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$69,325 · 5 yrs out
Economics (Bachelor's)
$68,702 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor's)
$65,141 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Bachelor's)
$64,930 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics (Bachelor's)
$64,930 · 5 yrs out
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$64,679 · 5 yrs out