Public Policy Analysis
122 colleges offer Public Policy Analysis in the College Scorecard data. Graduates leave with an average federal debt of $54,202, from $28,243 at the lowest program to $90,767 at the highest. One year after graduating they earn $38,132 on average, from $22,911 at the lowest program to $65,965 at the highest.
Is a Public Policy Analysis degree worth it?
Across 30 bachelor's programs that report earnings, the median pays its graduates $37,628 a year after graduation, and the middle half pay between $28,969 and $43,726. The median for all majors is $37,050. At the median program, graduates who borrowed owe $46,132. Debt is 1.23x first-year earnings, which ranks 128th of 147 majors, where 1st carries the least debt for the pay.
These are earnings one year after graduating, for students who received federal aid. Majors that lead to graduate school, or to careers that start slowly, look worse here than they will ten years on.
Details
- Number of Offering Colleges: 122
- Average Debt on Graduation: $54,202
- Expected Earnings 1 Year After: $38,132
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Debt Mean
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Average federal loan debt at graduation — can be skewed by outliers, unlike the median
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Debt Median
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Median federal loan debt at graduation — the middle value, less affected by extreme outliers
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Earnings ▼
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Median earnings 1 year after graduation for this major
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| The Pennsylvania State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Stanford University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Central Washington University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Regent University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bennington College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rice University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dallas Baptist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Waynesburg University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ursinus College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Susquehanna University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Swarthmore College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Vincent College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Pennsylvania | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Gettysburg College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Duquesne University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chatham University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Elon University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wagner College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Empire State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| State University of New York at Cortland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University at Albany | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Siena College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Mount Saint Vincent | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mercy University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hofstra University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hamilton College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Barnard College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Peter's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rider University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Mississippi | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Concordia University-Saint Paul | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Albion College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| College of the Holy Cross | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Hampshire College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Bentley University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Assumption University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Maryland-College Park | Bachelor's Degree | $57,170 | No data | No data |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Morehead State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Illinois Springfield | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Olivet Nazarene University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Illinois Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mercer University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Emory University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Saint Joseph | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Denver | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Southern California | Bachelor's Degree | $62,264 | No data | No data |
| Scripps College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Redlands | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pitzer College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Pomona College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Northeastern University Oakland | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Claremont McKenna College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Tuskegee University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Rhode Island | Bachelor's Degree | $31,348 | No data | $22,911 |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford | Bachelor's Degree | $62,470 | $57,612 | $25,200 |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point | Bachelor's Degree | $62,470 | $57,612 | $25,200 |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $62,470 | $57,612 | $25,200 |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | Bachelor's Degree | $62,470 | $57,612 | $25,200 |
| University of Connecticut | Bachelor's Degree | $62,470 | $57,612 | $25,200 |
| Southern Methodist University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,063 |
| University of California-Riverside | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $7,203 | $28,053 |
| Vanderbilt University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,717 |
| Georgia State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,007 |
| Michigan State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,925 | $34,123 |
| University of Delaware | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,841 |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | $28,243 | $19,259 | $37,079 |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion | Bachelor's Degree | $28,243 | $19,259 | $37,079 |
| William & Mary | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,566 |
| Mount Saint Mary's University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,690 |
| Washington State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,057 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor's Degree | $40,034 | $34,651 | $39,751 |
| DePaul University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,789 |
| Brandeis University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,376 |
| Northwestern University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,701 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,618 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $44,429 |
| Brown University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,331 |
| Dickinson College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,129 |
| Princeton University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,510 |
| Trinity College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $50,564 |
| University of Chicago | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,165 |
| Duke University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,435 |
| Cornell University | Bachelor's Degree | $90,767 | No data | $65,965 |
| University of Glasgow | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Augusta University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Brigham Young University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Scranton | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Cabrini University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oregon State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rowan University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| New England College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Westminster College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rockhurst University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Missouri Southern State University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| St Catherine University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Adrian College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Suffolk University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Knox College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Young Harris College | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chapman University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| University of California-Los Angeles | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Oakwood University | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |