Public Policy Analysis Programs

Public Policy Analysis is offered at 260 institutions across the United States. Master graduates earn a median salary ranging from $66,469 to $129,978, with the highest-earning program at Harvard University ($129,978). The most common degree level is Bachelor (126), followed by Master (139) and Doctoral (60).

Bachelor (126) · Master (139) · Doctoral (60) · First Professional (3) · Associate (2) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (4) · Graduate Certificate (74) · Undergraduate Certificate (14)

Bachelor (126)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC $74,403 157
Duke University NC $103,071 144
Princeton University NJ $107,792 114
University of California-Los Angeles CA Not reported 111
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 108
Brandeis University MA $75,580 101
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $71,723 96
University of Chicago IL $94,237 90
University of California-Riverside CA $58,504 87
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ $71,723 85
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA Not reported 84
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $73,749 77
Empire State University NY Not reported 59
University of Mississippi MS $85,338 56
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA $66,177 54
William & Mary VA $69,118 48
Cornell University NY $126,767 44
University of Southern California CA $74,511 41
University of Delaware DE $65,776 40
Southern Methodist University TX Not reported 40
Trinity College CT $82,638 39
Georgia State University GA $56,842 38
Northwestern University IL $78,752 36
University at Albany NY Not reported 35
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 35
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $65,894 32
Rice University TX Not reported 31
Gettysburg College PA Not reported 29
Vanderbilt University TN $91,265 28
University of Rhode Island RI $51,697 28
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 27
The University of Texas at Dallas TX $66,209 26
Barnard College NY Not reported 25
University of Connecticut CT $64,389 23
College of the Holy Cross MA Not reported 23
Duquesne University PA Not reported 21
Regent University VA $60,776 20
Hamilton College NY Not reported 20
Michigan State University MI $58,535 19
University of Redlands CA $70,080 17
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 17
University of Denver CO Not reported 17
Stanford University CA Not reported 16
Brown University RI $94,962 15
Pomona College CA Not reported 15
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $74,865 14
Dallas Baptist University TX Not reported 13
St. Mary's College of Maryland MD $69,232 12
Claremont McKenna College CA Not reported 12
Mercer University GA Not reported 12
St Catherine University MN Not reported 11
Oregon State University OR Not reported 11
Missouri Southern State University MO Not reported 9
University of Notre Dame IN Not reported 9
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 7
Hofstra University NY Not reported 6
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 6
Central Washington University WA Not reported 6
Knox College IL Not reported 6
Washington State University WA $63,631 5
Mount Saint Mary's University CA Not reported 5
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg PA Not reported 4
Ursinus College PA Not reported 4
Augusta University GA Not reported 4
DePaul University IL Not reported 4
University of Saint Joseph CT Not reported 3
Emory University GA Not reported 3
Young Harris College GA Not reported 3
Bentley University MA Not reported 2
Albion College MI Not reported 2
Rider University NJ Not reported 2
Siena College NY Not reported 2
State University of New York at Cortland NY Not reported 2
Albright College PA Not reported 2
Chatham University PA Not reported 2
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA Not reported 2
Susquehanna University PA Not reported 2
Thiel College PA Not reported 2
Trevecca Nazarene University TN Not reported 2
Earlham College IN Not reported 2
Oakwood University AL Not reported 1
Hampshire College MA Not reported 1
Montclair State University NJ Not reported 1
Saint Peter's University NJ Not reported 1
Harvey Mudd College CA Not reported 1
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Not reported 1
University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg PA Not reported 1
Saint Vincent College PA Not reported 1
Washington & Jefferson College PA Not reported 1
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT $64,389 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT $64,389 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT $64,389 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT $64,389 0
Tuskegee University AL Not reported Not reported
Union Commonwealth University KY Not reported 0
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 0
Concordia University-Saint Paul MN Not reported 0
Mississippi College MS Not reported 0
Rockhurst University MO Not reported 0
Westminster College MO Not reported Not reported
Bellevue University NE Not reported 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
New England College NH Not reported 0
Hobart William Smith Colleges NY Not reported 0
Keuka College NY Not reported 0
Mercy University NY Not reported 0
University of Mount Saint Vincent NY Not reported 0
Wagner College NY Not reported 0
Elon University NC Not reported 0
University of North Dakota ND Not reported 0
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma OK Not reported 0
Dickinson College PA Not reported Not reported
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported Not reported
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported Not reported
University of Scranton PA Not reported 0
Swarthmore College PA Not reported 0
Waynesburg University PA Not reported 0
Pitzer College CA Not reported Not reported
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported Not reported
Bennington College VT Not reported 0
Western Washington University WA Not reported 0
Alverno College WI Not reported 0
Scripps College CA Not reported 0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR Not reported 0
Olivet Nazarene University IL Not reported 0
University of Illinois Springfield IL Not reported 0

Master (139)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Harvard University MA $129,978 232
Duke University NC $109,274 143
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 131
The University of Texas at Austin TX $84,618 125
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $107,392 117
Carnegie Mellon University PA $103,268 117
University of Southern California CA $94,114 116
American University DC $98,588 105
Princeton University NJ $120,163 100
University of Maryland-College Park MD $96,792 99
University of California-Los Angeles CA $100,925 96
George Washington University DC $94,862 95
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $80,100 87
Georgetown University DC $110,634 83
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $99,110 78
George Mason University VA $97,926 74
Brandeis University MA $79,908 74
Temple University PA $91,832 71
Brown University RI $87,139 66
Yale University CT Not reported 63
University of California-San Diego CA Not reported 62
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA $82,435 61
Liberty University VA $78,054 60
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $89,111 40
Adler University IL Not reported 38
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Vanderbilt University TN $96,305 35
Teachers College at Columbia University NY $87,221 35
Pepperdine University CA $81,037 34
University of California-Riverside CA $76,103 34
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $78,939 33
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 33
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ Not reported 33
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported 32
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA Not reported 29
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 29
University of California-Irvine CA $75,045 28
University of Southern Maine ME $66,469 25
The New School NY $89,713 24
Stanford University CA Not reported 24
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH $75,424 23
University of Houston TX $72,392 22
Oregon State University OR Not reported 22
University of Connecticut CT $96,919 21
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported 21
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA $87,730 20
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 20
University of Denver CO Not reported 19
Michigan State University MI $72,828 18
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA Not reported 18
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 17
William & Mary VA $80,402 16
Portland State University OR $73,504 16
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD Not reported 16
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA $84,234 15
Stony Brook University NY $77,523 14
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 14
Texas A&M University-College Station TX Not reported 14
Jacksonville University FL Not reported 14
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $82,094 13
California Lutheran University CA Not reported 13
York College of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 13
American Public University System WV Not reported 13
DePaul University IL Not reported 13
Suffolk University MA Not reported 12
University of St Thomas TX Not reported 12
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 12
Loyola University Chicago IL Not reported 12
Washington University in St Louis MO Not reported 11
University of Utah UT Not reported 11
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 10
Rochester Institute of Technology NY Not reported 10
California State University-Long Beach CA Not reported 9
Drexel University PA Not reported 9
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 9
Johns Hopkins University MD $107,692 8
Rutgers University-Camden NJ $89,111 8
Trinity College CT $72,738 8
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 8
University of Delaware DE Not reported 8
Tufts University MA Not reported 7
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco CA Not reported 6
Boston University MA Not reported 5
Simmons University MA Not reported 5
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA Not reported 5
University of the Pacific CA Not reported 5
The Catholic University of America DC Not reported 5
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 3
Claremont Graduate University CA Not reported 3
University of Rochester NY Not reported 3
Lehigh University PA Not reported 3
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 3
Worcester State University MA Not reported 2
Elizabethtown College PA Not reported 2
Bennington College VT Not reported 2
Marshall University WV Not reported 2
University of Miami FL Not reported 2
University of Alaska Anchorage AK Not reported 1
Western Michigan University MI Not reported 1
Binghamton University NY Not reported 1
Delaware Valley University PA Not reported 1
Duquesne University PA Not reported 1
University of California-San Francisco CA $124,169 0
University of Chicago IL $112,727 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT $96,919 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT $96,919 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT $96,919 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT $96,919 0
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $84,234 0
Walden University MN $84,035 0
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 0
Iowa State University IA Not reported 0
University of Northern Iowa IA Not reported 0
University of New Orleans LA Not reported 0
Northeastern University MA Not reported 0
Calvin University MI Not reported 0
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported Not reported
University of Michigan-Dearborn MI Not reported Not reported
University of St Thomas MN Not reported 0
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 0
New England College NH Not reported 0
Monmouth University NJ Not reported Not reported
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ Not reported 0
The College of New Jersey NJ Not reported 0
Cornell University NY Not reported 0
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY Not reported 0
University at Albany NY Not reported 0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC Not reported 0
North Dakota State University-Main Campus ND Not reported 0
Xavier University OH Not reported 0
Gratz College PA Not reported 0
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley TX Not reported Not reported
The University of Texas at Arlington TX Not reported Not reported
Regent University VA Not reported 0
Washington State University WA Not reported Not reported
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR Not reported 0
National Louis University IL Not reported 0
Northwestern University IL Not reported 0
University of Illinois Springfield IL Not reported 0

Doctoral (60)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Southern University and A & M College LA Not reported 26
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported 17
Brandeis University MA Not reported 13
University of Maryland-Baltimore County MD Not reported 12
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA Not reported 11
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 11
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 10
Niagara University NY Not reported 10
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 10
George Mason University VA Not reported 10
Harvard University MA Not reported 9
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston TX Not reported 9
Liberty University VA Not reported 8
University of Arkansas AR Not reported 7
Saint Louis University MO Not reported 7
The New School NY Not reported 7
Duke University NC Not reported 7
George Washington University DC Not reported 7
Georgia State University GA Not reported 7
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 6
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 6
Portland State University OR Not reported 6
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported 5
Oregon State University OR Not reported 5
University of Southern California CA Not reported 5
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 5
Boise State University ID Not reported 5
University of Kansas KS Not reported 4
Rutgers University-Camden NJ Not reported 4
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 4
Southern University Law Center LA Not reported 4
Tuskegee University AL Not reported 3
Princeton University NJ Not reported 3
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC Not reported 2
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC Not reported 2
Drexel University PA Not reported 2
Capella University MN Not reported 2
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 2
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 2
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA Not reported 1
Cornell University NY Not reported 1
Teachers College at Columbia University NY Not reported 1
Carnegie Mellon University PA Not reported 1
Temple University PA Not reported 1
University of New Orleans LA Not reported 0
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported Not reported
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ Not reported Not reported
University of California-Irvine CA Not reported 0
University of Rochester NY Not reported 0
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Brown University RI Not reported 0
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 0
Clemson University SC Not reported 0
University of Memphis TN Not reported 0
Loma Linda University CA Not reported 0
RAND School of Public Policy CA Not reported Not reported
Baylor University TX Not reported 0
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 0
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR Not reported 0
University of Chicago IL Not reported 0

First Professional (3)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of California-Berkeley CA $113,884 Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA Not reported Not reported

Associate (2)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 2
Saint Peter's University NJ Not reported 0

Post-bachelor's Certificate (4)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported Not reported
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported Not reported
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported Not reported
University of North Dakota ND Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (74)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Southern California CA $89,003 110
Liberty University VA Not reported 38
University of Chicago IL Not reported 32
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA Not reported 20
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI Not reported 20
University of Maryland-College Park MD Not reported 15
University of Rhode Island RI Not reported 14
Syracuse University NY Not reported 11
Tennessee State University TN Not reported 11
Columbia University in the City of New York NY Not reported 8
University of Connecticut CT Not reported 8
University of Kentucky KY Not reported 7
University of Missouri-Columbia MO Not reported 5
University at Albany NY Not reported 5
Ohio University-Main Campus OH Not reported 5
George Mason University VA Not reported 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA Not reported 5
University of North Dakota ND Not reported 4
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 4
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 4
The University of Texas at Dallas TX Not reported 4
University of Kansas KS Not reported 3
Michigan Technological University MI Not reported 3
Binghamton University NY Not reported 3
Portland State University OR Not reported 3
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Vermont VT Not reported 3
Pennsylvania Western University PA Not reported 3
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 2
University of New England ME Not reported 2
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported 2
Park University MO Not reported 2
The University of Montana MT Not reported 2
Drexel University PA Not reported 2
University of Utah UT Not reported 2
Regent University VA Not reported 2
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN Not reported 1
York College of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 1
San Diego State University CA Not reported 1
Walden University MN Not reported 1
University of Central Florida FL Not reported 1
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ Not reported 1
University of Miami FL Not reported 1
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA Not reported 1
Northwestern University IL Not reported 1
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN Not reported 1
Northern Arizona University AZ Not reported Not reported
Salem State University MA Not reported 0
Eastern Michigan University MI Not reported 0
University of St Thomas MN Not reported 0
Mississippi College MS Not reported 0
University of Missouri-St Louis MO Not reported 0
Missouri State University-Springfield MO Not reported 0
Rowan University NJ Not reported 0
The College of New Jersey NJ Not reported 0
CUNY Lehman College NY Not reported 0
Empire State University NY Not reported 0
High Point University NC Not reported 0
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 0
Gratz College PA Not reported 0
Robert Morris University PA Not reported 0
Temple University PA Not reported 0
West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 0
Clemson University SC Not reported 0
Texas Tech University TX Not reported 0
Norwich University VT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT Not reported 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT Not reported 0
American University DC Not reported 0
George Washington University DC Not reported 0
Florida Atlantic University FL Not reported 0
Florida International University FL Not reported 0
Indiana University-Bloomington IN Not reported 0

Undergraduate Certificate (14)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI Not reported 163
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 18
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA Not reported 9
University of Georgia GA Not reported 7
The University of Texas at San Antonio TX Not reported 6
Central Michigan University MI Not reported 5
Rowan University NJ Not reported 5
University of Alaska Fairbanks AK Not reported 3
Missouri State University-Springfield MO Not reported 1
University of Southern Maine ME Not reported 0
Calvin University MI Not reported 0
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE Not reported 0
State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY Not reported 0
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported Not reported