Public Policy at St Mary’s College of Maryland

What traits are you looking for in a public policy school? To help you decide if St Mary's College of Maryland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's public policy program.

SMCM is located in St. Mary's City, Maryland and has a total student population of 1,508. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in public policy from SMCM.

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.

SMCM Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

SMCM Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at SMCM 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 SMCM 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	17
Most Focused Public Policy Schools	25
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	54
Most Popular Public Policy Schools	112

Public Policy Student Demographics at SMCM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public policy majors at St Mary’s College of Maryland.

SMCM Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

The public policy program at SMCM awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% 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 St Mary's College of Maryland with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SMCM 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 MD, the home state for St Mary's College of Maryland.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical and Health Services Managers	11,210	$127,080
Social Scientists	2,090	$98,920
Education Professors	940	$75,470
Legislators	600	$45,110
Political Science Professors	270	$102,500

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 Steve Pribut under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.