Public Policy at University of Pennsylvania

Every public policy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public policy program at University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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.

UPenn Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

UPenn Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at UPenn 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.

Public Policy Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 47% of public policy bachelor's degrees went to men and 53% 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 UPenn since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Public Policy

The following public policy concentations are available at University of Pennsylvania. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Public Policy Analysis	31

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical and Health Services Managers	16,410	$97,310
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Education Professors	2,690	$70,990
Social Scientists	550	$83,400

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.