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Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Policy is the #113 most popular major in the country with 6,430 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Policy program at each school on the list.

Check out the public policy graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Far Western US Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Of the 53 students majoring in public policy at USC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Full Public Policy at University of Southern California Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public policy schools in the Far Western US Region . Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Portland.

Women make up 25% of the public policy majors at the school.

Full Public Policy at Portland State University Report

Best Public Policy Colleges by State

Explore the best public policy colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 798
Washington 32
Oregon 50
Nevada 12
Alaska 0

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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