Public Policy at The New School

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 The New School stacks up to those at other schools.

New School University is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,047. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 17 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.

New School University Public Policy Degrees Available

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

New School University Public Policy Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in public policy, making the school the #12 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at New School University

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public policy majors at The New School.

New School University Public Policy Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Public Policy from New School University in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a public policy master's degree from New School University, 53% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the public policy master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 35% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 NY, the home state for The New School.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Legislators	6,220	$90,050
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580
Social Scientists	2,410	$84,940

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 Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.