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 University of California - Riverside. 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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The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $2,417 | $2,417 |
Books and Supplies | $1,520 | $1,520 |
On Campus Room and Board | $16,261 | $16,261 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,717 | $3,717 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCR in Public Policy walked away with an average of $18,500 in student debt. That is 8% lower than the national average of $20,109.
The median early career salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCR is $31,880 per year. That is 23% lower than the national average of $41,244.
Online degrees for the UCR 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 UCR Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.4% of the public policy students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 61.2%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in public policy at UCR in 2019-2020, 89.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 39%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 24 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 42 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 8 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
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 | 83 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Public Administration | 13 |
*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.
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