Public Policy at Brandeis University

What traits are you looking for in a public policy school? To help you decide if Brandeis University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public policy program.

Brandeis is located in Waltham, Massachusetts and approximately 5,440 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Policy section at the bottom of this page.

Brandeis Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy
• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

Brandeis Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at Brandeis is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in public policy, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Brandeis

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public policy majors at Brandeis University.

Brandeis Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of public policy bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public policy bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brandeis University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	43
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Brandeis Public Policy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of public policy master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Brandeis University with a master's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	26
International Students	27
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Public Policy

If you plan to be a public policy major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Brandeis University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Policy Analysis	126
General Public Policy Analysis	59

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Community Organization & Advocacy

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Brandeis University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mike Lovett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.