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Public policy & social work at Penn

Penn graduates about 17 public policy & social work majors a year. That puts it 27th of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $17 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

83/100Standout#27 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year17under 1% of the class
Research in the field$17Ma year, NSF
Admit rate5%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around Penn

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Where public policy & social work happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 109 · Academic 88 · Dining 16 · Arts 13 · Athletics 10 · Student housing 7.

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. Stanford University 84
  2. Brown University 84
  3. Rutgers University–Newark 83
  4. University of Washington 83
  5. Pomona College 83
  6. University of Delaware 82
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 82

Other strong majors at Penn

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Penn 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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