Public Policy at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Cornell.

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.

Cornell Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Cornell Public Policy Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public policy major at Cornell 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
Best Public Policy Schools	1

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in public policy from Cornell. This is the #98 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Policy Graduates from Cornell Make?

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $65,965. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 76% higher than the national average of $37,566 for all public policy bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 73 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Public Policy from Cornell in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Cornell University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	28
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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

Related Majors

• Community Organization & Advocacy
• 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 NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Legislators	6,220	$90,050
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.