Public Policy at SUNY Empire State College

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

SUNY Empire is located in Saratoga Springs, New York and approximately 10,724 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,966 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Empire State College in 2021, 83 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.

SUNY Empire Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Empire

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SUNY Empire does offer online education options in public policy for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SUNY Empire Public Policy Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public policy progam at SUNY Empire 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 SUNY Empire 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 Online Public Policy Schools	1
Most Popular Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools	20
	31
Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools	33
Best Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40

Public Policy Student Demographics at SUNY Empire

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

SUNY Empire Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 83 public policy majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY Empire. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% men. So male students are more repesented at SUNY Empire since its program graduates 28% more men than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy at SUNY Empire are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Empire State College with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	44
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

SUNY Empire 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
• Community Organization & Advocacy

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 NY, the home state for SUNY Empire State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Legislators	6,220	$90,050
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 DanielPenfield under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.