In addition to meeting application requirements, you’ll have to consider how much it will cost to study at your dream school. Colleges and universities offer scholarships and financial aid, as do corporations, associations, and the government. You might be surprised by the options you discover. To help you get a sense of your baseline education costs, here are the typical tuition rates for a public policy degree:

average yearly tuition as per the most recent US census data
$ 13,326 per year
Average in-state tuition in 2017

56% above average compared to other degrees

$ 33,444 per year
Average out-of-state tuition in 2017

63% above average compared to other degrees

$ 50,864 per year
Average private tuition in 2017

56% above average compared to other degrees

What do public policy graduates earn?

Public policy students make an average of $93,990 per year after graduation. This is 41% above average compared to other undergraduate degrees.

$ 93,990 per year
Average graduate salary in 2017

Top 92% of degrees

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% of people underpaid in 2019

0% above average compared to other degrees

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