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2023 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

6 Colleges
$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public policy was ranked #61 in the country. In fact 3,737 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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The Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Policy program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our analysis found University of Chicago to be the most popular school for public policy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 53% of the public policy majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public policy schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

Women make up 56% of the public policy majors at the school.

On average, public policy graduates from U-M take out $16,931 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great place for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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With a ranking of #6, Eastern Michigan University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Public Policy Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 170
Illinois 350
Ohio 15
Indiana 8
Wisconsin 29

Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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