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Public policy & social work at Rutgers

Rutgers graduates about 95 public policy & social work majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 34th of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 81 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $60,000 four years out, 1.08× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $8 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

81/100Standout#34 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year951% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$60,0001.08× the same major nationally
Research in the field$8Ma year, NSF
Admit rate58%whole school
SAT middle 50%1270–1480whole school

Around Rutgers

The Second Reformed Church of New Brunswick, also known as the College Avenue Co
Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
View of the steeple of the Second Reformed Church, also known as the College Ave
Steeple, Second Reformed Church, New Brunswick, NJPhoto: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
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New Brunswick Theological Seminary (55143271800)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · source
Two bicycles sit in the foreground of a misty morning at Rutgers University, New
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Where public policy & social work happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Social Work Annex B, Graduate School Of Social Work Building, School of Social Work Annex A.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 56 · Dorm 13 · Chapel 3 · Dining 3 · Library 2 · Athletics 1.

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. University of Delaware 82
  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82
  3. Georgia Institute of Technology 82
  4. University of Oregon 81
  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison 81
  6. Stony Brook University–SUNY 81
  7. College of the Holy Cross 81
  8. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 80

Other strong majors at Rutgers

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Rutgers 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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