2024 Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in public policy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #77 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2 doctor's degrees in public policy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public policy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public policy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt public policy students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public policy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for public policy students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Policy in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public policy.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in Public Policy

1

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

2 Annual Graduates

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in public policy. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Pittsburgh.More information about a doctorate in public policy from Carnegie Mellon University

2

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in public policy has to check out Temple University. Temple is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in public policy from Temple University

Best Public Policy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Public Policy Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	174	14
Maryland	119	20
New Jersey	115	2
District of Columbia	81	7

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Public Policy Related Rankings by Major

Public Policy is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Public Policy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Policy Analysis	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	24
Other Public Administration	20
Community Organization & Advocacy	6

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream. More about our data sources and methodologies.