Public Policy Analysis

425 programs at U.S. colleges award 6,740 credentials a year in this field (CIP 44.05). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $73,721 four years after graduating.

Highest-paying Bachelor's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$77,906	$15,125	44
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$73,630	$10,527	114
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$61,592	—	—
Duke University Durham, NC	$60,501	$10,500	144
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$60,057	$17,492	90
Brown University Providence, RI	$58,161	$10,000	15
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$57,023	—	28
Trinity College Hartford, CT	$56,902	$23,161	39
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$56,158	$17,000	20
Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY	$52,614	$23,642	59
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$52,403	$17,750	41
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$51,082	$23,750	14
Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	$50,643	$14,373	32
Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	$49,753	$19,500	85
Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	$49,753	$19,500	96
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$49,685	$21,000	77
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$48,558	$18,750	36
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	$48,383	—	35
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$48,252	$14,000	157
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$45,642	$20,460	108
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	$43,837	$16,750	26
St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	$43,629	$22,750	12
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$43,005	$25,822	19
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	$42,215	$25,767	38
Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	$40,434	$19,500	40

Highest-paying Master's degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$97,034	$32,114	8
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$87,444	$70,447	232
Duke University Durham, NC	$85,125	$66,331	143
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$85,111	—	100
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$83,403	$99,635	83
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$79,721	$78,854	0
George Washington University Washington, DC	$76,399	$53,242	95
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$75,277	$48,894	117
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	$74,616	$37,996	74
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	$71,723	$40,156	125
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$71,078	$37,240	78
The New School New York, NY	$69,579	$61,796	24
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$68,342	$41,000	117
American University Washington, DC	$67,929	$54,986	105
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA	$67,722	—	20
University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$66,078	$41,000	96
University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	$65,892	$30,821	99
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$64,952	$81,516	116
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$64,496	$41,000	74
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	$63,862	$20,213	33
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	$63,804	$60,660	34
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$63,324	$40,464	35
Brown University Providence, RI	$61,564	$47,500	66
Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$61,558	$30,250	40
Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	$61,558	$30,250	8

Highest-paying First professional degree programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$88,105	$55,475	—

Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs

College	Earnings (1 yr)	Median debt	Graduates
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$67,461	$85,385	110