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Public policy & social work at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech graduates about 35 public policy & social work majors a year. That puts it 31st of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 82 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $4 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 year35under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$48,000
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate13%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1550whole school

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Where public policy & social work happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 43 · Academic 29 · Athletics 10 · Dining 7 · Offices 6 · Chapel 5.

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. University of Pennsylvania 83
  2. Pomona College 83
  3. University of Delaware 82
  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  5. University of Oregon 81
  6. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 81
  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison 81
  8. Stony Brook University–SUNY 81

Other strong majors at Georgia Tech

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Georgia Tech 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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