Public Policy at Chatham University

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

Chatham is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,353 students attend the school each year. Of the 305 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Chatham University in 2021, 2 of them were public policy majors.

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.

Chatham Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Chatham Public Policy Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public policy major at Chatham 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
Most Focused Public Policy Schools	117

Public Policy Student Demographics at Chatham

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

Chatham Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Chatham. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% 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 Chatham University with a bachelor's in public policy.

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

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

Related Majors

• Social Work

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 Chatham 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.