Public policy & social work at Drury
Drury graduates about 29 public policy & social work majors a year, 7% of its graduating class. That puts it tied for 311th of 343 schools we rank for public policy & social work, a light program at 2.9 out of 10. Graduates in the major earn a median $39,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.77×).
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Other strong majors at Drury
- Communications & media 4.5 · #386
How the score works
The score is out of 10 and compares Drury with every school we rank in public policy & social work. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (35%), the number of graduates in the major (25%, capped), courses the department lists, where counted (20%), the student body's test scores (15%) and research spending in the field (5%). Pay is compared after a half adjustment for state price levels (BEA), since many graduates move. A program needs at least 15 graduates a year (or 8, with research spending in the field in the top quarter) and data about the program itself (its own graduates' pay, its course catalog or research in the field) to be ranked; school-wide numbers alone never rank a program. Missing inputs drop out and the rest are reweighted. Scores run 0–10 against the other ranked schools: 8.0+ is a standout program, 6.5+ strong, 4.5+ solid. Schools with the same score share a rank. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.