by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is General Public Policy Analysis. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Public Policy is a major offered under the public administration and social service program of study at Brandeis University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in public policy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Brandeis was $1,623 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $51,940 | $51,940 |
| Fees | $120 | $120 |
public policy who receive their doctor’s degree from Brandeis make an average of $77,715 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $0.
Brandeis does not offer an online option for its public policy doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Brandeis Online Learning page.
Women made up around 86.7% of the public policy students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 64.0%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in public policy at Brandeis in 2019-2020, 13.3% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 25%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 8 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Public Policy students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Policy Analysis | 15 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.