Public Policy at Suffolk University

Every public policy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the public policy program at Suffolk University stacks up to those at other schools.

Suffolk is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 6,830. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 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.

Suffolk Public Policy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Public Policy

Suffolk Public Policy Rankings

Public Policy Student Demographics at Suffolk

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

Suffolk Public Policy Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Public Policy from Suffolk in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in public policy each year. Suffolk does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the public policy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 13% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Other Public Administration
• Public Administration

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 MA, the home state for Suffolk University.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Medical and Health Services Managers	15,380	$133,900
Health Specialties Professors	3,460	$111,230
Education Professors	1,890	$76,230
Political Science Professors	1,020	$136,210

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 Oxymoron under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.