Get my odds
Bloomington, IN · Public policy & social work

Public policy & social work at Indiana

Indiana graduates about 420 public policy & social work majors a year, 6% 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 $77,000 four years out, 1.19× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $11 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 year4206% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$77,0001.19× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate78%whole school
SAT middle 50%1180–1400whole school

Around Indiana

Front of the India Studies Program offices, located at 825 E. Eighth Street in B
Eighth Street, 825, India Studies Program, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the house at 816-820 E. Eighth Street in Bloomington, Indiana, United S
Eighth Street, 816-820, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the Applied Health Science Annex, located at 309 N. Woodlawn Avenue in
Woodlawn Avenue, 309, Applied Health Science Annex, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source
Front of the Hutton Honors College (formerly the Delta Zeta sorority house), loc
Seventh Street, 809-815, Hutton Honors College, University CourtsPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain · source

Where public policy & social work happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Public Health, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA), School of Public Health Annex.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 136 · Dorm 30 · Arts 10 · Athletics 8 · Chapel 5 · Student housing 4.

Open the full-screen campus map →

Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. University of Chicago 97
  2. Rice University 92
  3. Syracuse University 91
  4. Brandeis University 90
  5. Cornell University 89
  6. Vanderbilt University 89
  7. University of Virginia 88
  8. Barnard College 88

Other strong majors at Indiana

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Indiana 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.

See your odds at Indiana Everything about Indiana