Public Policy at Pomona College

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

Pomona is located in Claremont, California and has a total student population of 1,475. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Pomona.

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.

Pomona Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Pomona Public Policy Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks public policy programs across the country. The following shows how Pomona 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 Pomona 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	13
Most Focused Public Policy Schools	18
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	49
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	97

Public Policy Student Demographics at Pomona

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

Pomona Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in public policy from Pomona in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 46% 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 Pomona College with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Pomona 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 CA, the home state for Pomona College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical and Health Services Managers	34,510	$125,770
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160
Legislators	3,140	$68,580

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 Nostalgicwisdom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.