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 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Policy Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 258 degrees in public policy to qualified students.
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 Michigan.
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.
Every student pursuing a degree in public policy has to look into University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. U-M is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
Degree recipients from the public policy major at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor get $9,907 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It's difficult to beat Michigan State University if you want to pursue a degree in public policy. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduating, public policy degree recipients usually earn an average of $48,167 at the beginning of their careers.
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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