Public Policy at Georgia State University

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

Georgia State is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 36,360. In 2021, 25 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from Georgia State.

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.

Georgia State Public Policy Degrees Available

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

Georgia State Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at Georgia State 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 Georgia State 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 Popular Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools	32

How Much Do Public Policy Graduates from Georgia State Make?

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at Georgia State is $34,007. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,566 for all public policy students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Georgia State

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

Georgia State Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

The public policy program at Georgia State awarded 25 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 60% of these degrees went to men with the other 40% going to women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Georgia State since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% 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 Georgia State University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Georgia State also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Administration
• 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 GA, the home state for Georgia State University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Medical and Health Services Managers	8,790	$111,850
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Social Scientists	2,060	$86,810
Legislators	1,840	$23,810
Education Professors	1,530	$83,270

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 Jayingram11 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.