Public Policy at Hamilton College

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

Hamilton is located in Clinton, New York and has a total student population of 1,902. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Hamilton.

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.

Hamilton Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Hamilton Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how Hamilton performed in these rankings.

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 Hamilton 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Focused Public Policy Schools	12
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	77

Public Policy Student Demographics at Hamilton

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

Hamilton Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 public policy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Hamilton, about 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Hamilton since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Hamilton College with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Hamilton 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 NY, the home state for Hamilton College.

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 Lvklock under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.