by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Public Policy is the 113th most popular major in the country with 6,430 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,451 and had an average of $21,866 in loans still to pay off.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 0 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public policy.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree public policy students.
Out of the 1 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Peter’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s public policy students in 2020-2021.
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