Public Policy at Regent University

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

Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and approximately 10,483 students attend the school each year. Of the 677 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Regent University in 2021, 37 of them were public policy majors.

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.

Regent Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Regent Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at Regent 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 Regent 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	19
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Popular Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools	97

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in public policy from Regent. This is the #98 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Regent

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

Regent Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 public policy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Regent, about 46% were men and 54% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at Regent since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy at Regent 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 Regent University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Regent 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

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 VA, the home state for Regent University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical and Health Services Managers	7,650	$116,770
Social Scientists	4,050	$110,090
Political Scientists	1,030	$128,590

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 DebateLord under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.