4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$78,585
Program median
Program + credential
Public Policy Analysis.: Master'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Public University System Charles Town, WV | Private for-profit | $9,597 | 57.2% | Available |
| American University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $41,943 | 75.5% | 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 |
| Bennington College Bennington, VT | Private nonprofit | $30,947 | 71.2% | Available |
| Binghamton University Vestal, NY | Public | $21,620 | 81.6% | Available |
| Boston University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $24,402 | 88.7% | Available |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private nonprofit | $35,736 | 86% | Available |
| Brigham Young University Provo, UT | Private nonprofit | $15,564 | 81% | Available |
| Brown University Providence, RI | Private nonprofit | $25,184 | 95.7% | Available |
| California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA | Private nonprofit | $30,109 | 69.6% | Available |
| California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | Public | $16,665 | 86.4% | Available |
| California State University-Long Beach Long Beach, CA | Public | $10,440 | 68.9% | Available |
| Calvin University Grand Rapids, MI | Private nonprofit | $22,992 | 74.1% | Available |
| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $31,944 | 94.1% | Available |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private nonprofit | $28,690 | 95.4% | Available |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY | Public | $3,033 | 72.1% | Available |
| Delaware Valley University Doylestown, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,278 | 55.9% | Available |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $30,902 | 67.8% | Available |
| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $38,509 | 78.2% | Available |
| Duke University Durham, NC | Private nonprofit | $29,612 | 96.8% | Available |
| Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA | Private nonprofit | $37,730 | 77.5% | Available |
| Elizabethtown College Elizabethtown, PA | Private nonprofit | $26,598 | 76.2% | Available |
| George Mason University Fairfax, VA | Public | $17,915 | 67.8% | Available |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $36,586 | 84% | Available |
| Georgetown University Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $40,815 | 94.8% | Available |
| Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA | Public | $12,116 | 94% | Available |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private nonprofit | $19,066 | 97.6% | Available |
| Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | $18,589 | 75.3% | Available |
| Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL | Private nonprofit | $25,180 | 50.7% | Available |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private nonprofit | $18,809 | 93.8% | Available |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private nonprofit | $36,931 | 87.9% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $36,079 | 73% | Available |
| Marshall University Huntington, WV | Public | $7,502 | 51.2% | Available |
| Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | $19,680 | 80.7% | Available |
| Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI | Public | $14,182 | 68.1% | Available |
| Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ | Private nonprofit | $30,988 | 71.9% | Available |
| National Louis University Chicago, IL | Private nonprofit | $12,641 | 30.1% | Available |
| New England College Henniker, NH | Private nonprofit | $26,972 | 34.5% | Available |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ | Public | $16,504 | 72.8% | Available |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | Public | $15,543 | 63.9% | Available |
| Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $30,915 | 90.5% | Available |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private nonprofit | $29,167 | 95.1% | 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 |
| Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | Private nonprofit | $58,098 | 83.4% | Available |
| Portland State University Portland, OR | Public | $9,552 | 52.7% | Available |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private nonprofit | $6,128 | 97.6% | Available |
| Regent University Virginia Beach, VA | Private nonprofit | $19,923 | 56.9% | Available |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY | Private nonprofit | $34,906 | 69.9% | 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 Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $29,689 | 78.8% | Available |
| Simmons University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $25,265 | 72.3% | Available |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private nonprofit | $13,807 | 91.9% | Available |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | Public | $18,784 | 75.6% | Available |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | Private nonprofit | $29,618 | 60.9% | Available |
| Temple University Philadelphia, PA | Public | $28,198 | 75.1% | Available |
| Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX | Public | $21,315 | 83.9% | Available |
| The Catholic University of America Washington, DC | Private nonprofit | $29,561 | 79.5% | Available |
| The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ | Public | $27,646 | 85.9% | Available |
| The New School New York, NY | Private nonprofit | $58,741 | 69.4% | Available |
| The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | Public | $18,976 | 73.9% | Available |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX | Public | $13,951 | 54% | 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 Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX | Public | $4,831 | 50.9% | Available |
| Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private nonprofit | $34,832 | 83.8% | Available |
| Tufts University Medford, MA | Private nonprofit | $39,998 | 93.5% | Available |
| Tuskegee University Tuskegee, AL | Private nonprofit | $35,013 | 55% | Available |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | Public | $17,167 | 61.5% | Available |
| University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK | Public | $15,301 | 29.7% | Available |
| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | $16,674 | 67.5% | 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 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 California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | $12,470 | 86.1% | Available |
| University of Central Florida Orlando, FL | Public | $10,411 | 78% | 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 Houston Houston, TX | Public | $14,276 | 64.6% | 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-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-Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | $22,383 | 83.3% | 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 Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private nonprofit | $37,244 | 83.7% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $13,138 | 93.2% | Available |
| University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI | Public | $9,492 | 58% | Available |
| University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN | Public | $16,778 | 85.3% | Available |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | Public | $10,359 | 50.5% | Available |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | Public | $23,805 | 76.1% | Available |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | Public | $15,489 | 54.7% | 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 Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA | Public | $15,901 | 67.9% | Available |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | Public | $15,300 | 75.3% | Available |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private nonprofit | $28,699 | 96.5% | Available |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA | Public | $30,434 | 85.5% | 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 St Thomas Saint Paul, MN | Private nonprofit | $29,155 | 76.4% | Available |
| University of St Thomas Houston, TX | Private nonprofit | $19,359 | 68.8% | Available |
| University of the Pacific Stockton, CA | Private nonprofit | $25,447 | 69.1% | Available |
| University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Public | $16,200 | 65.1% | Available |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | Public | $21,565 | 95.6% | Available |
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA | Public | $12,319 | 65.3% | Available |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA | Public | $14,091 | 85.2% | Available |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | $17,354 | 89.6% | Available |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $15,846 | 93.5% | Available |
| Walden University Minneapolis, MN | Private for-profit | $33,817 | Not available | Available |
| Washington State University Pullman, WA | Public | $14,971 | 60.5% | Available |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | Private nonprofit | $21,786 | 94.3% | Available |
| Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI | Public | $15,273 | 57.6% | Available |
| William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | Public | $19,096 | 89.4% | Available |
| Worcester State University Worcester, MA | Public | $13,381 | 61.5% | Available |
| Xavier University Cincinnati, OH | Private nonprofit | $32,997 | 68.7% | Available |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | Private nonprofit | $23,777 | 95.7% | Available |
| York College of Pennsylvania York, PA | Private nonprofit | $18,556 | 64.1% | Available |