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Public policy & social work at NYU

NYU graduates about 32 public policy & social work majors a year. That puts it 24th of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $60,000 four years out, 1.15× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $18 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#24 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year32under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$60,0001.15× the same major nationally
Research in the field$18Ma 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. University of Maryland Baltimore County 85
  2. University of California, Berkeley 85
  3. Southern Methodist University 85
  4. Gettysburg College 85
  5. Stanford University 84
  6. Brown University 84
  7. Rutgers University–Newark 83
  8. University of Washington 83

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares NYU 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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