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Master's · Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Public Policy Analysis (Master's): earnings by school

63 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$70,644
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$89,111
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$41,000
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 50 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $80,100 and $97,926. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
Harvard University MA$102,390$129,978$75,236
University of California-San Francisco CA—$124,169—
Princeton University NJ$98,226$120,163—
University of Chicago IL$88,156$112,727$58,891
Georgetown University DC$94,735$110,634$20,500
Duke University NC$79,570$109,274$65,858
Johns Hopkins University MD—$107,692—
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI$81,950$107,392$41,000
Carnegie Mellon University PA$80,486$103,268$63,052
University of California-Los Angeles CA$67,631$100,925$38,050
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA$74,004$99,110$41,000
American University DC$73,753$98,588$47,247
George Mason University VA$83,794$97,926$35,350
University of Connecticut CT$65,213$96,919—
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT$65,213$96,919—
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT$65,213$96,919—
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT$65,213$96,919—
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT$65,213$96,919—
University of Maryland-College Park MD$75,502$96,792$40,448
Vanderbilt University TN$69,969$96,305$41,000
George Washington University DC$73,831$94,862$48,674
University of Southern California CA$75,415$94,114$43,913
Tufts University MA$92,634——
Temple University PA$65,771$91,832$41,000
The New School NY$80,469$89,713—
Rutgers University-Camden NJ$79,412$89,111$30,750
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ$79,412$89,111$30,750
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA$70,981$87,730—
Teachers College at Columbia University NY$69,456$87,221$72,075
Brown University RI$77,601$87,139$41,468
The University of Texas at Austin TX$77,710$84,618$41,586
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA—$84,234—
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA—$84,234—
Walden University MN—$84,035—
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA$56,212$82,435$20,500
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN$56,591$82,094—
Pepperdine University CA$66,766$81,037$41,000
William & Mary VA—$80,402—
Drexel University PA$80,296——
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN$69,052$80,100$41,000
Brandeis University MA$70,644$79,908$45,298
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI$66,113$78,939—
Liberty University VA$76,003$78,054$33,090
Stony Brook University NY—$77,523—
Yale University CT$77,047—$55,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$76,472—$41,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$76,472—$41,000
University of California-Riverside CA$59,133$76,103$45,000
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH$65,574$75,424$21,225
University of California-Irvine CA$57,891$75,045—
University of California-San Diego CA$74,578—$49,847
Portland State University OR—$73,504—
Michigan State University MI$61,127$72,828—
Trinity College CT$58,156$72,738—
University of Houston TX$75,092$72,392—
Oregon State University OR$69,918——
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR$69,918——
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$68,530—$41,000
DePaul University IL$67,001——
University of Southern Maine ME$62,062$66,469$23,450
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA$58,138——
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$56,525——
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA$55,435——