The main focus area for this major is General Public Policy Analysis. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Policy is a major offered under the public administration and social service program of study at Hofstra University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in public policy, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Part-time undergraduates at Hofstra paid an average of $1,622 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $48,315 | $48,315 |
Fees | $1,095 | $1,095 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,168 | $16,168 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,050 | $2,050 |
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Online degrees for the Hofstra public policy bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Hofstra Online Learning page.
About 75.0% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in public policy in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 61.2%.
Around 37.5% of public policy bachelor’s degree recipients at Hofstra in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 4 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Public Policy students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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General Public Policy Analysis | 8 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.