2025 Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in public policy, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #121 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 65 bachelor's degrees in public policy to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public policy students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public policy students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for public policy to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public policy related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public policy students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Policy in Connecticut

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public policy.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Policy

1

Trinity College
Hartford, CT

39 Annual Graduates

$56,902 Median Starting Salary

Trinity College is a good decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public policy. Located in the midsize city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Those public policy students who get their bachelor's degree from Trinity College receive $19,565 more than the typical public policy grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in public policy from Trinity College

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

23 Annual Graduates

$33,424 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public policy. UCONN is a very large public university located in the town of Storrs.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public policy program report average early career earnings of $33,424.

More information about a bachelor’s in public policy from University of Connecticut

Best Public Policy Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Public Policy Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	119
New Hampshire	157	0
Rhode Island	157	88
Vermont	155	13

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Public Policy Related Rankings by Major

Public Policy is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Public Policy Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Policy Analysis	42
International Policy Analysis	23

Majors Similar to Public Policy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	105
Community Organization & Advocacy	9

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.