by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in health policy analysis, consider exploring other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
These majors prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of health policy analysis, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Sciences | 2 | 5,391 |
| Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy | 2 | 20 |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 2 | 2,571 |
| Gerontology | 2 | 870 |
| History and Political Science | 2 | 69 |
| Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality | 2 | 121 |
| Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management | 2 | 84 |
| Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics | 2 | 150 |
| Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs | 2 | 150 |
| Pharmacy | 2 | 12,167 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 5,419 |
| International Policy Analysis | 276 |
| Education Policy Analysis | 104 |
| Public Policy Analysis, Other | 83 |
Part of the broader field of Public Policy Analysis, health policy analysis shares its foundations with the other majors in that field.
More about our data sources and methodologies.