Public Policy at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

If you are interested in studying public policy, you may want to check out the program at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and approximately 30,559 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.

UT Knoxville Public Policy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

UT Knoxville Public Policy Rankings

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Public Policy Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Public Policy Master’s Program

The public policy program at UT Knoxville awarded 17 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 59% of these degrees went to men with the other 41% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 39% men graduate in public policy each year. UT Knoxville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 20% more men than average.

Of the students who received a public policy master's degree from UT Knoxville, 94% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Public Administration
• Social Work

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 TN, the home state for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Medical and Health Services Managers	10,320	$101,550
Health Specialties Professors	5,690	$102,310
Education Professors	690	$68,690
Social Scientists	590	$61,800
Legislators	560	$41,470

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.