Public Policy at Rice University

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

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,364 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 2021, 34 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.

Rice Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Rice Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at Rice compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 Rice 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 Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26

Public Policy Student Demographics at Rice

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

Rice Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

Of the 34 public policy students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Rice, about 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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 Rice University with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Rice 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 TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430
Political Science Professors	1,910	$81,070

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 Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.