Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

If you plan to study public policy, take a look at what Carnegie Mellon University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 13,519. In 2021, 11 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from Carnegie Mellon.

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.

Carnegie Mellon Public Policy Degrees Available

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

Carnegie Mellon Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at Carnegie Mellon compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public policy major at Carnegie Mellon 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	9
Most Focused Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	68

In 2021, 62 students received their master’s degree in public policy from Carnegie Mellon. This makes it the #16 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in public policy, making the school the #33 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public policy from Carnegie Mellon in 2021, 64% were men and 36% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Carnegie Mellon since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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 Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Carnegie Mellon Public Policy Master’s Program

Of the 62 public policy students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Carnegie Mellon, about 27% were men and 73% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Carnegie Mellon also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Administration

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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Education Professors	2,690	$70,990
Social Scientists	550	$83,400

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.