4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$78,585
Program median
Program + credential
Public Policy Analysis.: Bachelor's Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$75,550
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$21,110
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
3,567
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion College Albion, MI | Private nonprofit | $14,301 | 61.6% | Available |
| Albright College Reading, PA | Private nonprofit | $20,024 | 50.7% | Available |
| Alverno College Milwaukee, WI | Private nonprofit | $22,540 | 49.2% | Available |
| Anderson University Anderson, SC | Private nonprofit | $23,544 | 65.7% | Available |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Arizona State University Digital Immersion Scottsdale, AZ | Public | Not available | 0% | Available |
| Augusta University Augusta, GA | Public | $13,787 | 48.8% | Available |
| Barnard College New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,800 | 93% | Available |
| Bellevue University Bellevue, NE | Private nonprofit | $17,550 | 33% | Available |
| Bennington College Bennington, VT | Private nonprofit | $30,947 | 71.2% | Available |
| Bentley University Waltham, MA | Private nonprofit | $37,930 | 86.8% | Available |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private nonprofit | $35,736 | 86% | Available |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA | Public | $18,476 | 53.6% | Available |
| Chatham University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $29,954 | 63.1% | Available |
| Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | Private nonprofit | $28,849 | 91.4% | Available |
| College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA | Private nonprofit | $38,782 | 87.3% | Available |
| Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $18,462 | 45.9% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| Dallas Baptist University Dallas, TX | Private nonprofit | $28,516 | 57% | Available |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $30,902 | 67.8% | Available |
| Dickinson College Carlisle, PA | Private nonprofit | $37,607 | 79.8% | Available |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Private nonprofit | $29,612 | 96.8% | Available |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $37,730 | 77.5% | Available |
| Earlham College Richmond, IN | Private nonprofit | $24,714 | 69% | Available |
| Elon University Elon, NC | Private nonprofit | $41,555 | 84% | Available |
| Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private nonprofit | $22,585 | 91.1% | Available |
| Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY | Public | $11,676 | 41.2% | Available |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | Public | $12,116 | 94% | Available |
| Georgia State University Atlanta, GA | Public | $15,931 | 53.1% | Available |
| Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,490 | 82.5% | Available |
| Hamilton College Clinton, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,985 | 90.6% | Available |
| Hampshire College Amherst, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,034 | 54.3% | Available |
| Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | Private nonprofit | $35,924 | 91.9% | Available |
| Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY | Private nonprofit | $31,563 | 77.3% | Available |
| Hofstra University Hempstead, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,176 | 68.5% | Available |
| Keuka College Keuka Park, NY | Private nonprofit | $24,338 | 58.4% | Available |
| Knox College Galesburg, IL | Private nonprofit | $24,595 | 67.7% | Available |
| Mercer University Macon, GA | Private nonprofit | $23,847 | 69.6% | Available |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY | Private nonprofit | $14,072 | 45.7% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Mississippi College Clinton, MS | Private nonprofit | $27,712 | 59.3% | Available |
| Missouri Southern State University Joplin, MO | Public | $12,007 | 41.6% | Available |
| Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | Public | $15,566 | 64.7% | Available |
| Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $21,413 | 53.3% | Available |
| New England College Henniker, NH | Private nonprofit | $26,972 | 34.5% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | Available |
| Oakwood University Huntsville, AL | Private nonprofit | $25,669 | 44.6% | Available |
| Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH | Public | $17,339 | 87.7% | Available |
| Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL | Private nonprofit | $20,729 | 60.8% | Available |
| Oregon State University Corvallis, OR | Public | $19,604 | 70.1% | Available |
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus Bend, OR | Public | $18,048 | 55.6% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | Public | $32,875 | 86.1% | Available |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA | Public | $23,330 | 26.1% | Available |
| Pitzer College Claremont, CA | Private nonprofit | $34,191 | 83.4% | Available |
| Pomona College Claremont, CA | Private nonprofit | $19,285 | 93.2% | Available |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private nonprofit | $6,128 | 97.6% | Available |
| Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | Private nonprofit | $19,923 | 56.9% | Available |
| Rice University Houston, TX | Private nonprofit | $13,370 | 94.6% | Available |
| Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ | Private nonprofit | $24,792 | 61.3% | Available |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,906 | 69.9% | Available |
| Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO | Private nonprofit | $25,884 | 74.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $29,689 | 78.8% | Available |
| Saint Peter's University Jersey City, NJ | Private nonprofit | $12,199 | 58.3% | Available |
| Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA | Private nonprofit | $23,510 | 68.6% | Available |
| Scripps College Claremont, CA | Private nonprofit | $36,294 | 82.5% | Available |
| Siena College Loudonville, NY | Private nonprofit | $33,733 | 74.7% | Available |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | Private nonprofit | $40,892 | 84.3% | Available |
| St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $19,764 | 61.3% | Available |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD | Public | $18,441 | 70% | Available |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private nonprofit | $13,807 | 91.9% | Available |
| State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY | Public | $22,345 | 68% | Available |
| Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,819 | 81.7% | Available |
| Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private nonprofit | $23,149 | 92.3% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | $19,857 | 88.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX | Public | $18,267 | 75.7% | Available |
| Thiel College Greenville, PA | Private nonprofit | $22,347 | 48.7% | Available |
| Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $16,813 | 53.2% | Available |
| Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $34,832 | 83.8% | Available |
| Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL | Private nonprofit | $35,013 | 55% | Available |
| Union Commonwealth University Barbourville, KY | Private nonprofit | $21,311 | 32.1% | Available |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | $17,167 | 61.5% | Available |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | $12,548 | 92.6% | Available |
| University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | $14,304 | 76% | Available |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $14,860 | 95.9% | Available |
| University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | $25,097 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | Public | $13,807 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT | Public | $16,403 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT | Public | $16,798 | 56.5% | Available |
| University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT | Public | $10,875 | 52.7% | Available |
| University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | $17,799 | 80.6% | Available |
| University of Denver Denver, CO | Private nonprofit | $36,131 | 75.6% | Available |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | Public | $10,974 | 61.6% | Available |
| University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL | Public | $9,833 | 53.2% | Available |
| University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | $18,851 | 71.4% | Available |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $15,678 | 88.6% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Mississippi University, MS | Public | $13,314 | 71.7% | Available |
| University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY | Private nonprofit | $21,696 | 56.8% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | Public | $18,551 | 60.5% | Available |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private nonprofit | $26,780 | 95.2% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg Greensburg, PA | Public | $17,945 | 39.7% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | Available |
| University of Redlands Redlands, CA | Private nonprofit | $30,031 | 67.3% | Available |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | Public | $21,440 | 73.3% | Available |
| University of Saint Joseph West Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $27,989 | 63.8% | Available |
| University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, OK | Public | $6,624 | 44.1% | Available |
| University of Scranton Scranton, PA | Private nonprofit | $32,568 | 79.8% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | Public | $21,565 | 95.6% | Available |
| Ursinus College Collegeville, PA | Private nonprofit | $30,536 | 73.3% | Available |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $15,846 | 93.5% | Available |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA | Public | $24,953 | 86.2% | Available |
| Wagner College Staten Island, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,241 | 65.1% | Available |
| Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA | Private nonprofit | $25,002 | 69.5% | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Waynesburg University Waynesburg, PA | Private nonprofit | $18,235 | 65.5% | Available |
| Western Washington University Bellingham, WA | Public | $21,193 | 64.6% | Available |
| Westminster College Fulton, MO | Private nonprofit | $24,314 | 55.5% | Available |
| William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | Public | $19,096 | 89.4% | Available |
| Young Harris College Young Harris, GA | Private nonprofit | $22,034 | 41.8% | Available |