If you plan on majoring in public policy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #113 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Policy Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 325 degrees in public policy to qualified students.
Your choice of public policy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Policy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Texas.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public policy degree levels they offer.
The University of Texas at Austin is a great option for students interested in a degree in public policy. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #46 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were roughly 136 public policy students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year. Those public policy students who get their degree from The University of Texas at Austin receive $15,687 more than the average public policy student.
It's difficult to beat Southern Methodist University if you want to pursue a degree in public policy. SMU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. This university ranks 5th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 44 public policy students who graduated with this degree at SMU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the public policy program make an average of $40,434 in their early career salary.
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Every student who is interested in public policy has to check out The University of Texas at Dallas. UT Dallas is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Richardson. This university ranks 9th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 48 public policy students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the public policy program make an average of $43,837 in their early career salary.
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).
Your choice of public policy school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Public Policy School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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