Public Policy at Missouri Southern State University

Every public policy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public policy program at Missouri Southern State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Missouri Southern is located in Joplin, Missouri and approximately 5,045 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern.

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.

Missouri Southern Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Missouri Southern Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how Missouri Southern 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 Missouri Southern 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
	23
Best Value Public Policy Schools	31
Best Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42
Most Focused Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52

Public Policy Student Demographics at Missouri Southern

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

Missouri Southern Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 public policy majors earned their bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern. Of these graduates, 40% were men and 60% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy at Missouri Southern 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 Missouri Southern State University with a bachelor's in public policy.

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

Missouri Southern 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

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 MO, the home state for Missouri Southern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Medical and Health Services Managers	6,840	$113,120
Health Specialties Professors	4,710	$148,840
Legislators	1,210	$25,630
Education Professors	1,160	$78,320
Social Scientists	270	$70,180

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.