2025 Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Public Policy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #121 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 301 bachelor's degrees in public policy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public policy students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public policy students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt public policy students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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 colleges for public policy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Policy Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for public policy students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Policy

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

144 Annual Graduates

$60,501 Median Starting Salary

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public policy needs to check out Duke University. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Those public policy students who get their bachelor's degree from Duke University make $6,125 more than the average public policy graduate.

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

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

157 Annual Graduates

$48,252 Median Starting Salary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public policy. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public policy program report average early career earnings of $48,252.

More information about a bachelor’s in public policy from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Best Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	224	59
Tennessee	220	38
Virginia	213	192
Alabama	184	2
Mississippi	169	51

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Policy

One of 4 majors within the Public Administration & Social Service area of study, Public Policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Policy Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Policy Analysis	301

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	141
Public Administration	124
Other Public Administration	15
Community Organization & Advocacy	7

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.