Public Policy at Ohio State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a public policy school? To help you decide if Ohio State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public policy program.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and approximately 61,369 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Ohio 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.

Ohio State Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Ohio State Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at Ohio 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.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Ohio State

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

Ohio State Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public policy from Ohio State in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy at Ohio State 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 Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	18
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Ohio State also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 0 student 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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Medical and Health Services Managers	14,760	$101,390
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Education Professors	3,080	$79,000
Legislators	2,640	$43,770
Social Scientists	1,660	$77,450

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 Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.