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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 173 degrees in public policy to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Policy Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in public policy has to look into Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
Degree recipients from the public policy major at Brown University earn $4,088 more than the average college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
It is hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you wish to pursue a degree in public policy. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a large student population.
Students who receive their degree from the public policy program make an average of $32,536 for their early career.
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).
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