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Public policy & social work at Cornell

Cornell graduates about 44 public policy & social work majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 8th of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 89 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $127,000 four years out, 1.72× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $7 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

89/100Standout#8 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year441% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$127,0001.72× the same major nationally
Research in the field$7Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1470–1570whole school

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. Rice University 92
  2. Syracuse University 91
  3. Brandeis University 90
  4. Indiana University–Bloomington 89
  5. Vanderbilt University 89
  6. University of Virginia 88
  7. Barnard College 88
  8. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 87

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cornell with every school we score in public policy & social work. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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