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Public policy & social work at Delaware

Delaware graduates about 102 public policy & social work majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 31st of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $59,000 four years out, about the national figure for the same major. Research spending in the field runs about $9 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

82/100Standout#31 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year1022% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$59,0001.04× the same major nationally
Research in the field$9Ma year, NSF
Admit rate71%whole school
SAT middle 50%1190–1360whole school

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Where public policy & social work happens

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. Rutgers University–Newark 83
  2. University of Washington 83
  3. University of Pennsylvania 83
  4. Pomona College 83
  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  7. University of Oregon 81
  8. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 81

Other strong majors at Delaware

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Delaware 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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