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 Duke University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in public policy, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Duke paid an average of $3,360 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same 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 | $57,900 | $57,900 |
| Fees | $1,240 | $1,240 |
public policy who receive their master’s degree from Duke make an average of $68,219 a year during the early days of their career. That is 17% higher than the national average of $58,527.
Online degrees for the Duke public policy master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Duke Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.2% of the public policy students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 57.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in public policy at Duke in 2019-2020, 25.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 27%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 6 |
| Black or African American | 5 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 30 |
| International Students | 19 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Public Policy students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| General Public Policy Analysis | 67 |
*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.
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