Political science & IR at Purdue

Purdue graduates about 113 political science & international relations majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 136th of 687 schools we score for political science & international relations, a strong program at 74 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 61 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 58% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $72,000 four years out, 1.13× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.