Is a political science degree feasible for me?

[SanJose85]

Hi, I know this may be a strange proposal, but I am a young attending physician who is considering pursuing political science or IR as a graduate degree. I've always been interested in the discipline and would love to work it into my career somehow. I currently work four days a week and am around the DC metropolitan region, but would be willing to move anywhere around the East Coast. Are there any MA or PhD programs that have evening classes? Do you think this would be feasible? 

Please do not quote this. Thank you. 

[GradSchoolGrad]

Yes, another option would be George Mason University. They got some unique programming, but honestly, its prestige is pretty slack in DC, let alone nationally. 

[Theory007]

I don't know about MA programs, but I imagine that many do in fact offer evening classes and considerable flexibility (at some places part-time studies are possible). What I can say is that if you are proposing working and studying at the same time, a PhD program is not - in my opinion - feasible. The coursework alone will take all your time, and many programs have TA/RA requirements on top of that. In short, you will be crazy busy and it is literally unheard of that students have jobs (even part-time) on the side.

That said, I would encourage you to pursue a phd degree if you are interested. Most are funded and will provide an adequate living stipend that is sufficient for most people. But know it is a full-time commitment where you have to put almost everything else to the side in the meantime.