4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$78,585
Program median
Program + credential
Public Policy Analysis.: Doctoral 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | Public | $14,967 | 68% | Available |
| Baylor University Waco, TX | Private nonprofit | $41,104 | 80% | Available |
| Boise State University Boise, ID | Public | $21,610 | 60.2% | Available |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private nonprofit | $35,736 | 86% | Available |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| Capella University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $17,956 | 20% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Clemson University Clemson, SC | Public | $22,253 | 86.6% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $38,509 | 78.2% | Available |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Private nonprofit | $29,612 | 96.8% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | 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 |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | $16,264 | 80.2% | Available |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | Public | $11,668 | 54.5% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA | Private nonprofit | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | Public | $14,182 | 68.1% | Available |
| Niagara University Niagara University, NY | Private nonprofit | $17,248 | 74.5% | 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 |
| Portland State University Portland, OR | Public | $9,552 | 52.7% | Available |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private nonprofit | $6,128 | 97.6% | Available |
| Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ | Public | $18,745 | 66.7% | Available |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | Public | $24,406 | 83.6% | Available |
| Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $24,398 | 79.5% | Available |
| Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA | Public | $20,077 | 27.1% | Available |
| Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| The New School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $58,741 | 69.4% | 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 |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX | Public | Not available | Not available | Available |
| Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL | Private nonprofit | $35,013 | 55% | Available |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | $18,209 | 70.5% | Available |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | $13,481 | 92.8% | Available |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | $14,251 | 86.9% | Available |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $14,860 | 95.9% | Available |
| University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | $18,059 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD | Public | $16,467 | 70% | Available |
| University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD | Public | $15,678 | 88.6% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA | Public | $17,707 | 49.4% | Available |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | Public | $20,927 | 52.1% | Available |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | Public | $12,397 | 50.9% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | Public | $12,384 | 38% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | $11,655 | 91.2% | Available |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC | Public | $15,435 | 69% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | Public | $21,440 | 73.3% | Available |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $29,278 | 85.4% | Available |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private nonprofit | $32,740 | 91.8% | Available |
| University of Southern Maine Portland, ME | Public | $13,596 | 40.4% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |