Best College ROI by Political Science Major

Top ROI Schools
for Political Science Majors

	School Name	School Type (IPEDS)	30-Year Net ROI (2013 Dollars)
1	Stanford University	Private not-for-profit	$1,611,000
2	The College of William and Mary	Public (In-State)	$1,208,000
3	University of California - San Diego (UCSD)	Public (In-State)	$1,072,000
4	James Madison University (JMU)	Public (In-State)	$1,064,000
5	University of Oklahoma	Public (In-State)	$920,700
6	University of Vermont (UVM)	Public (In-State)	$916,500
7	Northwestern University	Private not-for-profit	$902,100
8	George Washington University (GWU)	Private not-for-profit	$828,800
9	Texas A&M University - Main Campus	Public (In-State)	$818,300
10	Southern Methodist University (SMU)	Private not-for-profit	$807,100
11	University of Central Florida (UCF)	Public (In-State)	$778,100
12	Brigham Young University (BYU)	Private not-for-profit	$773,600
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)	Public (In-State)	$763,700
14	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)	Public (In-State)	$763,300
15	San Jose State University (SJSU)	Public (In-State)	$731,000
16	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	Public (In-State)	$723,900
17	University of Maryland - College Park	Public (In-State)	$714,000
18	Boston University	Private not-for-profit	$697,400
19	University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB)	Public (In-State)	$692,200
20	University of Washington (UW) - Main Campus	Public (In-State)	$691,400

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