Public Policy Analysis General

A program that focuses on the systematic analysis of public policy issues and decision processes. Includes instruction in the role of economic and political factors in public decision-making and policy formulation, microeconomic analysis of policy issues, resource allocation and decision modeling, cost/benefit analysis, statistical methods, and applications to specific public policy topics.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 161 institutions across the United States, with a total of 17696 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

185

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,192

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

187

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

2,935

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

337

degrees awarded

Other Awards

11,858

awards given

Top Schools for Public Policy Analysis General

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Duke University Durham, NC	882
2	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	690
3	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	684
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	660
5	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	651
6	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	639
7	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	621
8	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	603
9	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	486
10	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	477
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	477
12	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	408
13	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	372
14	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	363
15	Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ	357
16	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	354
17	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	330
18	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	318
19	American University Washington, DC	315
20	George Washington University Washington, DC	306
21	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	264
22	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	252
23	Georgetown University Washington, DC	249
24	Brown University Providence, RI	243
25	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	219
26	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA	210
27	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	192
28	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	186
29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	177
30	Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY	177
31	University of Mississippi University, MS	168
32	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	162
33	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	153
34	University of Delaware Newark, DE	144
35	Brandeis University Waltham, MA	144
36	Trinity College Hartford, CT	141
37	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	135
38	University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA	120
39	Stanford University Stanford, CA	120
40	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	117
41	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	117
42	Adler University Chicago, IL	114
43	Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	114
44	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	111
45	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	108
46	University at Albany Albany, NY	108
47	University of Denver Denver, CO	108
48	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	102
49	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	96
50	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	96
51	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME	96
52	Rice University Houston, TX	93
53	Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA	90
54	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	87
55	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	84
56	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	84
57	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	84
58	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	72
59	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	72
60	The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX	69
61	University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH	69
62	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	69
63	Portland State University Portland, OR	66
64	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	66
65	University of Houston Houston, TX	66
66	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	63
67	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	63
68	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	63
69	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	60
70	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	54
71	University of Redlands Redlands, CA	51
72	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	51
73	DePaul University Chicago, IL	51
74	Pomona College Claremont, CA	45
75	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	45
76	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	42
77	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	42
78	York College of Pennsylvania York, PA	42
79	California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA	39
80	American Public University System Charles Town, WV	39
81	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	39
82	Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX	39
83	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	39
84	Mercer University Macon, GA	36
85	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	36
86	Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	36
87	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	36
88	St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD	36
89	Tennessee State University Nashville, TN	33
90	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	33
91	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	33
92	Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO	33
93	Niagara University Niagara University, NY	30
94	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	30
95	University of Georgia Athens, GA	28
96	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	27
97	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	27
98	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	24
99	Saint Joseph's University Philadelphia, PA	21
100	Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO	21