Public Policy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #113 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
There was only one school in Wisconsin to review for the 2025 Best Public Policy Schools in Wisconsin ranking.
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 Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of public policy degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
University of Wisconsin - Madison is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in public policy. UW - Madison is a very large public university located in the city of Madison.
Public Policy degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Madison receive an earnings boost of approximately $7,826 above the average earnings of public policy graduates.
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).