2025 Best Public Policy Schools in the Far Western US Region
6Colleges in the Far Western US Region
954Public Policy Degrees Awarded
$56,036Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in public policy is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #113 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Policy Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 954 degrees in public policy annually.
The public policy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Policy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public policy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Policy Schools in the Far Western US Region.
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Best Schools for Public Policy in the Far Western US Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the public policy degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Public Policy
University of Southern California is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in public policy. USC is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 199 public policy students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the public policy degree program at University of Southern California make $9,760 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
University of California - Berkeley is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in public policy. UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 119 public policy students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent data year. Public Policy degree recipients from University of California - Berkeley earn a boost of around $32,069 over the typical income of public policy majors.
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Prepare yourself to make the decisions that best serve a community, its constituents and its economic growth with this specialized business degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a good option for students interested in a degree in public policy. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the city of Las Vegas. This university ranks 1st out of 8 schools for overall quality in the state of Nevada.
There were roughly 21 public policy students who graduated with this degree at UNLV in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in public policy has to take a look at University of California - Riverside. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #219 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCR is a great university overall.
There were about 114 public policy students who graduated with this degree at UCR in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the public policy program make around $40,032 in their early career salary.
Portland State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Portland. This university ranks 5th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 16 public policy students who graduated with this degree at Portland State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 21 public policy students who graduated with this degree at University of Redlands in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the public policy program state that they receive average early career income of $37,888.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
The public policy program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Policy rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public policy schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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