Political Science and Government
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Early Career Income
$84,860
Lifetime Income
$4.51M
Unemployment rate
3.4%
Female share
42.2%
Occupation concentration
44.2%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
28.2%
% who double-major
27.9%
BA Graduates from 2024
39,593
-3.5% vs 2023
How Political Science and Government compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
69th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 69% of majors
27th
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 27% of majors
48th
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 48% of majors
Top occupations
- Lawyers, and judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Political Science and Government.
- Political Science and Government, General
- American Government and Politics (United States)
- Canadian Government and Politics
- Political Economy
- Political Science and Government, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology