Public Policy at Suffolk University

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

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and approximately 6,830 students attend the school each year.

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.

Suffolk Public Policy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

Suffolk Public Policy Rankings

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In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in public policy from Suffolk. This makes it the #63 most popular school for public policy master’s degree candidates in the country.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Public Policy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of public policy master's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in public policy each year. Suffolk does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public policy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Suffolk University with a master's in public policy.

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

Suffolk also has a doctoral program available in public policy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Human Services
• Other Public Administration
• 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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.