Nashville, Tennessee · Private Non-Profit
Public Policy Analysis at Vanderbilt University
Read the reported program-share signal, school-wide price, and outcome proxy before comparing peer schools in this field. The enrollment proxy is about 81 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
Program snapshot
1.1% reported share makes this a focused program signal in federal data.
This major
- Program signal
- 1.1%
- Enrollment proxy
- ~81
- Schools with reported signal
- 199
Admissions
- Acceptance rate (school)
- 5.9%
- Graduation rate
- 93.5%
Cost
- Avg net price (school)
- $15,846/yr
- 4-year cost (est.)
- $63,384
- Median debt
- $14,000
Outcomes
- Median earnings 10y
- $91,565/yr
- ROI grade (school)
- A
College Scorecard reports school-wide earnings and price, not per-major outcomes for individual colleges. Program share is a concentration signal, not a promise of department quality. Use it as a proxy, then verify department-level outcomes with the school.
Value among peer schools
Compared with 199 schools that report this field.
This page treats cost and earnings as school-wide context, not department-level outcomes. The reported share is 1.5x the national average concentration; the school-wide net price is lower than the peer average ($6,537 below), and ten-year median earnings are higher than the peer average ($22,385 above). That combination produces a A value grade and a top 10% ROI position within this field set.
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Peer schools below also report a positive program-share signal and are sorted by value grade.
Princeton University Princeton, NJ · 8.8% reported share · $6,128 net A+ 
Stanford University Stanford, CA · 0.8% reported share · $13,807 net A+ Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · 0.5% reported share · $12,116 net A+ 
University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · 0.8% reported share · $13,481 net A+ University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA · 0.4% reported share · $12,470 net A+ 
Rice University Houston, TX · 1.3% reported share · $13,370 net A+ University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · 1.1% reported share · $12,548 net A+ Florida International University Miami, FL · 0.0% reported share · $9,288 net A Questions about this program
How big is the program signal?
Public Policy Analysis accounts for 1.1% of reported programs at Vanderbilt University, which is bigger than 83% of schools in this field set and 1.5x the national average concentration. The enrollment proxy is about 81 students when that share is applied to current enrollment.
How should I read the cost number?
Vanderbilt University's average net price is $15,846 per year, about $63,384 over four years. That is $6,537 below the $22,383 peer average, before your own aid package changes the final bill.
Are the earnings major-specific?
No. The $91,565 median earnings figure is school-wide ten years after entry. It is $22,385 above the $69,180 average among schools reporting this field, so treat it as an outcomes proxy rather than a department guarantee.
What should I compare next?
Start with program share, net price after aid, graduation rate, location, and whether the department publishes placement or licensure outcomes. EduGradify ranks Vanderbilt University #20 of 199 schools in this field set by school-wide ROI proxy.