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Public policy & social work at Wisconsin

Wisconsin graduates about 70 public policy & social work majors a year. 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 $54,000 four years out, 1.05× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $39 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 year70under 1% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$54,0001.05× the same major nationally
Research in the field$39Ma year, NSF
Admit rate45%whole school
SAT middle 50%1340–1510whole school

Around Wisconsin

By Babcock Hall at Linden Drive / Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin–M
Plaque about the first reliable test of milk quality (53939412283)Photo: Chris Rycroft from Madison, Wisconsin, United States · CC BY 2.0 · source
Babcock Hall
Babcock Hall - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex
Hiram Smith Hall and Annex - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source
Agricultural Heating station
Agricultural Heating station - panoramioPhoto: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0 · source

Where public policy & social work happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Social Work Building, Robert M. Lafollette School of Public Affairs.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 145 · Dorm 28 · Student housing 23 · Athletics 12 · Arts 7 · Chapel 6.

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Nearby in the public policy & social work ranking

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

Other strong majors at Wisconsin

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Wisconsin 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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