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Public policy & social work at UW

UW graduates about 53 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. Graduates in the major earn a median $59,000 four years out, 1.14× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $29 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 year53under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$59,0001.14× the same major nationally
Research in the field$29Ma year, NSF
Admit rate39%whole school

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Where public policy & social work happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Publications Services Building, Social Work Speech and Hearing Sciences Building.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 139 · Dorm 32 · Athletics 16 · Student housing 12 · Library 6 · Arts 5.

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

  1. New York University 84
  2. Stanford University 84
  3. Brown University 84
  4. Rutgers University–Newark 83
  5. University of Pennsylvania 83
  6. Pomona College 83
  7. University of Delaware 82
  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 82

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares UW 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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