Bachelor's · Warrensburg, Missouri
Is Political Science and Government at University of Central Missouri 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 4.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $44,116
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $68,706
- 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
- $66k (likely $66k – $78k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $31k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.2 years (likely 3.1–6.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $42k (likely −$83k – $179k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $417k (likely $160k – $733k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 52%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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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 Missouri
- Washington University in St Louis$90,778
- Saint Louis University$67,287
- Southeast Missouri State University$66,799
- University of Missouri-Columbia$64,747
- Missouri Southern State University$62,576
- Truman State University$60,586
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- Missouri State University-Springfield$58,014
- Lindenwood University$55,869
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$51,417