Public Policy at Duke University

If you are interested in studying public policy, you may want to check out the program at Duke University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and approximately 16,172 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 students received their master's degree in public policy.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Policy section at the bottom of this page.

Duke Public Policy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy
• Doctorate Degree in Public Policy

Duke Public Policy Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in public policy, making the school the #31 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at Duke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public policy majors at Duke University.

Duke Public Policy Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 76 public policy majors earned their master's degree from Duke. Of these graduates, 38% were men and 62% were women.

In the public policy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Duke University with a master's in public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	38
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Related Majors

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Medical and Health Services Managers	9,230	$117,650
Education Professors	2,500	$66,990
Social Scientists	1,130	$73,420
Political Science Professors	440	$90,070

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bjoertvedt under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.