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Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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2023 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

With 91 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #47 most popular major in Minnesota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Minnesota 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.

Out of the 3 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in public policy at UMN Twin Cities, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of St Thomas Minnesota is a great place for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of St Thomas Minnesota

Best Public Policy Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 35
Iowa 1
Kansas 1
North Dakota 2

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

Majors Similar to Public Policy

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 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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