Public Policy at DePaul University

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

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 21,922. In 2021, 6 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from DePaul.

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.

DePaul Public Policy Degrees Available

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

DePaul Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how DePaul 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 DePaul 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 Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	65

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in public policy from DePaul. This makes it the #36 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Public Policy Graduates from DePaul Make?

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at DePaul is $39,789. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $37,566 for all public policy bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Policy Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public policy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at DePaul since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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 DePaul University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DePaul Public Policy Master’s Program

Of the 20 public policy students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from DePaul, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

Of the students who received a public policy master's degree from DePaul, 65% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

DePaul 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
• 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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,050	$121,900
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Education Professors	4,510	$62,280
Social Scientists	650	$78,140
Political Science Professors	540	$89,860

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 Just under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.