Public Policy at Central Washington University

Every public policy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public policy program at Central Washington University stacks up to those at other schools.

CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and approximately 11,174 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from CWU.

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.

CWU Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

CWU Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how CWU performed in these rankings.

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 CWU 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
	17
Most Focused Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84

Public Policy Student Demographics at CWU

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

CWU Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy from CWU in 2020-2021, 100% were men and 0% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at CWU since its program graduates 61% more men than average.

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

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

CWU also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Services

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 WA, the home state for Central Washington University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,950	$117,970
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Education Professors	1,150	$72,280
Legislators	830	$66,240
Social Scientists	760	$77,850

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 Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.