5,667General Public Policy Analysis Degrees Awarded
General Public Policy Analysis is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #135 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 85 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for general public policy analysis students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 5,667 degrees in general public policy analysis during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Public Policy Analysis School
Your choice of general public policy analysis school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Public Policy Analysis School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Public Policy Analysis Degree Level
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best General Public Policy Analysis Schools list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for General Public Policy Analysis in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the general public policy analysis degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It is hard to beat Harvard University if you want to pursue a degree in general public policy analysis. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Cambridge. A Best Colleges rank of #6 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Harvard is a great university overall.
There were about 172 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Harvard in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in general public policy analysis needs to check out University of Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UChicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 391 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at UChicago in the most recent year we have data available.
Duke University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in general public policy analysis. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were about 269 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in general public policy analysis has to take a look at Princeton University. Princeton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Princeton. A Best Colleges rank of #10 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Princeton is a great university overall.
There were about 221 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Princeton in the most recent data year.
Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. This university ranks 3rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 61 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
UC Berkeley is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #18 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were roughly 108 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Carnegie Mellon is a great university overall.
There were approximately 75 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Carnegie Mellon in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were about 31 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent data year.
USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 151 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were approximately 127 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent data year.
Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Evanston. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were about 45 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent year we have data available.
UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. This university ranks 2nd out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 190 general public policy analysis students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best General Public Policy Analysis Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of general public policy analysis school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Public Policy Analysis School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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