Public Policy at The University of Texas at Dallas

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

UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and approximately 28,669 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 Dallas Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy
• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

UT Dallas Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at UT Dallas 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in public policy, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at UT Dallas

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

UT Dallas Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of public policy bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical public policy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at UT Dallas since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 The University of Texas at Dallas with a bachelor's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UT Dallas Public Policy Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of public policy master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 38% men graduate in public policy each year. UT Dallas does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 21% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Public Policy

Public Policy majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The University of Texas at Dallas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Policy Analysis	30
International Policy Analysis	22

Related Majors

• 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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at Dallas.

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 Stan9999 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.