Public Policy at Dickinson College

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

Dickinson is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 1,932. In 2021, 16 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from Dickinson.

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.

Dickinson Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Dickinson Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how Dickinson 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 Dickinson 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Best Public Policy Schools	16
Most Focused Public Policy Schools	17
	23
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	44
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	84

How Much Do Public Policy Graduates from Dickinson Make?

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Dickinson is $50,129. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 33% higher than the national average of $37,566 for all public policy bachelor's degree recipients.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Dickinson

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

Dickinson Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in public policy from Dickinson. About 31% of these graduates were women and the other 69% were men. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Dickinson since its program graduates 30% more men than average.

About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy at Dickinson are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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 Dickinson College.

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 JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.