Public Policy Analysis

120
Schools
Master's
Credential Level
$70,175
National Avg Earnings

Earnings Distribution

Min
$43,240
25th %ile
$52,749
Median
$70,320
75th %ile
$90,527
Max
$109,723
$43,240 $109,723

Top Schools for This Program

School Name State Completers Median Earnings Median Debt
Harvard University MA 228 $109,723 $70,447
University of California-Berkeley CA 126 $103,343
Georgetown University DC 177 $99,796 $99,635
University of Chicago IL 337 $99,750 $78,854
George Washington University DC 86 $98,064 $53,242
Carnegie Mellon University PA 111 $97,862 $41,000
Princeton University NJ 96 $97,336
George Mason University VA 69 $94,800 $37,996
American University DC 54 $93,951 $54,986
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA 75 $92,623 $37,240
Duke University NC 67 $92,408 $66,331
University of California-Los Angeles CA 58 $91,755 $41,000
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 105 $91,225 $48,894
University of Maryland-College Park MD 72 $91,203 $30,821
Brown University RI 55 $90,527 $47,500
Pepperdine University CA 26 $88,181 $60,660
University of Southern California CA 96 $86,507 $81,516
The New School NY 27 $85,565 $61,796
The University of Texas at Austin TX 117 $76,849 $40,156
William & Mary VA 13 $76,757
Brandeis University MA 51 $74,469 $41,000
Stony Brook University NY 24 $73,323 $20,391
Northeastern University Oakland CA 3 $73,249
Northeastern University MA 1 $73,249
Vanderbilt University TN 25 $72,427 $40,464
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA 0 $71,586 $22,821
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA 18 $71,586 $22,821
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI 43 $71,476 $20,213
Monmouth University NJ 0 $70,934
Johns Hopkins University MD 27 $70,320 $32,114
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA 20 $67,722
University of California-San Francisco CA 13 $66,598
University of Southern Maine ME 21 $63,100 $31,571
University of Utah UT 15 $61,434
Liberty University VA 92 $61,311 $27,994
Oregon State University OR 14 $58,806
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus OR 0 $58,806
Rutgers University-Camden NJ 6 $58,341 $30,250
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ 30 $58,341 $30,250
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN 81 $56,210 $31,250
Teachers College at Columbia University NY 33 $56,168 $41,599
Temple University PA 34 $54,910 $35,400
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK 23 $53,731
University of California-San Diego CA 44 $53,035 $33,242
DePaul University IL 22 $52,749
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH 17 $52,475
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 22 $52,436
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ 1 $52,436
Trinity College CT 10 $51,689
University of California-Irvine CA 22 $51,313 $41,000
Michigan State University MI 8 $49,236
University of Denver CO 8 $48,432
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA 24 $48,432
Duquesne University PA 0 $47,260
National Louis University IL 1 $46,877
University of Rhode Island RI 9 $45,199
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN 9 $45,029
University of California-Riverside CA 22 $44,142 $41,775
Walden University MN 8 $43,240

About This Data

Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Median earnings represent graduates who received federal financial aid. Completers count and debt figures reflect program-level data reported by institutions. Data is updated annually.