Bachelor's degree · Public administration and social services · CIP 44.05
Public Policy Analysis: earnings and debt by college
The College Scorecard lists 96 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Public Policy Analysis, together awarding 2,466 of these degrees in the most recent year. At the median institution, graduates who received federal aid earn $50,829 one year after finishing and $76,951 five years after finishing (two separate graduating classes). The median institution's graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
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Each dot is one institution's program; branch campuses share their institution's figures and appear as one dot. Dashed lines mark the median for all colleges. Showing 20 of 91; programs missing either value are left out (the Scorecard withholds figures for small programs).
Colleges with a bachelor's in Public Policy Analysis
| Duke University Durham · Private nonprofit | NC | 162 | $70,713 | $109,977 | $13,625 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill · Public | NC | 159 | $52,170 | $80,196 | $13,000 |
| Princeton University Princeton · Private nonprofit | NJ | 130 | $75,701 | $106,001 | n/a |
| University of Chicago Chicago · Private nonprofit | IL | 115 | $62,208 | $110,246 | $12,250 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles · Public | CA | 112 | $47,584 | n/a | $12,180 |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park · Public | MD | 101 | $50,890 | n/a | $14,000 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville · Public | VA | 98 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Brandeis University Waltham · Private nonprofit | MA | 91 | $47,319 | $88,208 | $18,125 |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside · Public | CA | 89 | $44,033 | $66,570 | $19,000 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe · Public | AZ | 88 | $54,184 | $72,658 | $21,000 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor · Public | MI | 77 | $65,598 | $87,064 | $22,392 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale · Public | AZ | 75 | $54,184 | $72,658 | $21,000 |
| Cornell University Ithaca · Private nonprofit | NY | 74 | $91,332 | $121,467 | $13,250 |
| Empire State University Saratoga Springs · Public | NY | 61 | $71,242 | n/a | $20,615 |
| William & Mary Williamsburg · Public | VA | 54 | $52,100 | $83,389 | $16,425 |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas · Private nonprofit | TX | 48 | $49,286 | $66,527 | $19,737 |
| University of Mississippi University · Public | MS | 48 | $47,528 | $64,298 | $19,500 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg · Public | VA | 48 | $46,119 | $55,393 | $21,500 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles · Private nonprofit | CA | 45 | $65,676 | n/a | $16,500 |
| Trinity College Hartford · Private nonprofit | CT | 41 | $52,979 | n/a | $22,875 |
| Northwestern University Evanston · Private nonprofit | IL | 40 | $49,429 | $133,245 | $17,038 |
| Barnard College New York · Private nonprofit | NY | 36 | n/a | n/a | $15,500 |
| Rice University Houston · Private nonprofit | TX | 33 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Delaware Newark · Public | DE | 31 | $55,344 | $77,964 | $23,250 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta · Public | GA | 30 | n/a | n/a | $21,500 |
| Georgia State University Atlanta · Public | GA | 30 | $49,225 | $67,238 | $25,125 |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus · Public | OH | 30 | $50,768 | n/a | n/a |
| University at Albany Albany · Public | NY | 27 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago · Public | IL | 27 | $41,308 | n/a | $21,331 |
| Regent University Virginia Beach · Private nonprofit | VA | 25 | $44,228 | $52,188 | $23,750 |
| University of Connecticut Storrs · Public | CT | 25 | $42,304 | $67,618 | $19,250 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville · Private nonprofit | TN | 25 | n/a | $124,350 | n/a |
| Gettysburg College Gettysburg · Private nonprofit | PA | 24 | $51,520 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Hamilton College Clinton · Private nonprofit | NY | 21 | n/a | n/a | $13,921 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson · Public | TX | 21 | n/a | $76,951 | $23,586 |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston · Public | RI | 21 | $46,045 | $62,651 | $24,848 |
| Pomona College Claremont · Private nonprofit | CA | 19 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia · Private nonprofit | PA | 18 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| University of Denver Denver · Private nonprofit | CO | 17 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Michigan State University East Lansing · Public | MI | 16 | $52,507 | $68,167 | $15,848 |
| Stanford University Stanford · Private nonprofit | CA | 15 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick · Public | NJ | 14 | $45,323 | n/a | n/a |
| Claremont McKenna College Claremont · Private nonprofit | CA | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas · Private nonprofit | TX | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh · Private nonprofit | PA | 11 | $37,921 | n/a | $27,000 |
| Oregon State University Corvallis · Public | OR | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City · Public | MD | 11 | n/a | $72,272 | n/a |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame · Private nonprofit | IN | 11 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| St Catherine University Saint Paul · Private nonprofit | MN | 9 | $47,538 | n/a | n/a |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry · Private nonprofit | NY | 8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Quick facts: Public Policy Analysis
- How many colleges offer a bachelor's degree in Public Policy Analysis?
- The College Scorecard lists 96 colleges that award bachelor's degrees in Public Policy Analysis.
- How much do Public Policy Analysis graduates earn?
- Across institutions, the median of graduates' median earnings is $50,829 one year after graduation (32 institutions reporting) and $76,951 five years after graduation (27 institutions reporting). These figures cover graduates who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled in school. Branch campuses share their institution's figures, so each institution counts once.
- Where do Public Policy Analysis graduates earn the most five years after graduation?
- By reported median earnings five years after graduation: Northwestern University ($133,245), Vanderbilt University ($124,350), Cornell University ($121,467), University of Chicago ($110,246), and Duke University ($109,977).
- How much student debt do Public Policy Analysis graduates have?
- The median institution's Public Policy Analysis graduates leave with $19,500 in federal student loans (31 institutions reporting). Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
- Which colleges award the most Public Policy Analysis degrees?
- By bachelor's degrees awarded in the most recent year: Duke University (162), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (159), Princeton University (130), University of Chicago (115), and University of California-Los Angeles (112).
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How these numbers work
Figures cover bachelor's degree programs in Public Policy Analysis (CIP code 44.05), as reported in the College Scorecard. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, measured one and five years after they finished, among those working and not enrolled in school; the one-year and five-year figures describe different graduating classes. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation. The Scorecard withholds figures for programs with few graduates, so many smaller programs show n/a. Summary figures are medians across institutions: the Scorecard reports program earnings and debt for a whole institution, so branch campuses share one figure and count once. All figures are from the Scorecard's most recent field-of-study release. More on the data.