2025 Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 181 bachelor's degrees in public policy during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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

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 schools for public policy students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Policy Schools

The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona.

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 Arizona

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Policy

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

96 Annual Graduates

$49,753 Median Starting Salary

$25,826 Median Student Debt

Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public policy. ASU - Tempe is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the public policy program make around $49,753 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in public policy from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

Arizona State University - Skysong
Scottsdale, AZ

85 Annual Graduates

$49,753 Median Starting Salary

$25,826 Median Student Debt

It's hard to beat Arizona State University - Skysong if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public policy. Located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the public policy program make an average of $49,753 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in public policy from Arizona State University - Skysong

Best Public Policy Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Public Policy Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	118
Oklahoma	190	1

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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	181

Majors Similar to Public Policy

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	1,081
Community Organization & Advocacy	758
Public Administration	92

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.