Housing and Human Environments
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Overview
Housing and human environments is a program that focuses on the behavioral, social, economic, functional, and aesthetic aspects of housing, interiors, and other built environments. includes instruction in analyzing, planning, designing, furnishing, and equipping residential, work, and leisure spaces to meet user needs and the study of related public policies.
Highlights
School with the highest reported median starting salary ($57K) with a Bachelor's Degree: CUNY New York City College of Technology
Career with the highest median salary ($126K) where most workers have a Bachelor's Degree: Human Resources Managers
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Careers for program graduates
Housing and human environments majors work in these careers, which are sized by percentage of majors in the career (at least 1%) and colored by the predominant level of education.
Lawyers, and judges, magistrat...Specialized ManagersSocial and Community Service M...Chief executives and legislato...Management AnalystsLabor Relations SpecialistsElementary and Middle School S...Postsecondary TeachersFinancial ManagersFirst-Line Supervisors of Offi...Education and childcare admini...Project Management SpecialistsComputer Systems AnalystsMarketing ManagersCustomer Service Representativ...Public Relations SpecialistsSales Representatives of Servi...First-Line Supervisors of Reta...Accountants and AuditorsFirst-Line Supervisors of Non-...Retail SalespersonsParalegals and Legal Assistant...Public relations and fundraisi...Writers and Authors
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What level of degree do most graduates achieve, and do they match what your goals?
050100150200Bachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeResearch Doctorate
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Completions over time
Have completions for public policy changed over time? Increasing completions may mean you'll likely have an easier time finding a school that offers this degree, with the opposite being true as well.
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Salary and Debt
Context: median salaries
How does the median (middle) salary for public policy majors compare to the median salaries for other college majors?
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Distribution: public policy majors' salaries by education level
What is the salary distribution for graduates with a bachelor's inpublic policy by the level of their highest degree (Graduate degrees may not be in the same field as the bachelor’s)
$82K$53K$107K$80K$0$50K$100K$150K$200KBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateProfessional
We only include salary data when the survey error is less than 20%, so you may see only partial information for some categories.
Is a bachelor's degree all you need?
Education level of workers with a bachelor's in public policy
Is a bachelor's degree going to be sufficient to make you competative in the job market? We can look at the education level of workers with a bachelors in this degree to see if there is a likely need for a graduate degree. You'll also want to check out the careers section on this page to where they are employed.
This chart shows the level of education of workers with a bachelor's degree in public policy. The worker's graduate degree may have been completed in a different field.
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Master's Degree
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Context: Graduate degrees in any field by undergraduate ACS degree
About 56% of public policy majors chose to also earn a graduate degree (possibly of a different major). The percentage of public policy majors who also earned a graduate degree is higher than about 91% of other fields.
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Context: Percentage salary boost obtained with a graduate degree
How important is a graduate degree for earning a higher salary? We can see the difference in salary of workers with a bachelors in this degree to workers with a bachelor’s AND a graduate degree.
53%49%101%0%20%40%60%80%100%120%Bachelor's to Master'sBachelor's to DoctorateBachelor's to Professional
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Careers for public policy majors
Where do public policy majors work, and how well do those jobs pay? A ** in the job title indicates that the Department of Education recommends this job for this program.
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The top ten careers for workers with a bachelor's in public policy
Take a minute to interact with this sankey diagram. Follow the top ten jobs held by public policy graduates through to their most hired majors. Learn where it may easiest to find work. Expand the careers to explore other majors that might lead to the job that excites you the most. *For many majors, the top ten jobs don't even include half of graduates!*
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Lawyers, and judges,...Specialized ManagersSocial and Community...Chief executives and...Management AnalystsLabor Relations Spec...Elementary and Middl...Postsecondary Teache...Financial ManagersFirst-Line Superviso...All othersThis degreeTop 10 Careers
Where can I complete this degree
Explore schools that offer housing and human environments degrees and certificates
You can use this table to find schools that offer this program based on location and program level offered. Each entry goes to a school page similar to this one with all our information about that school.
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The school list includes a few facts about each school that give you an idea of the educational quality each school might offer:

  • Student-Faculty Ratio: A small number of students per full-time instructor suggests individual attention for each student and an up-to-date curriculum.

  • Satisfaction Rate: A high percentage of returning first-year students should correlate with satisfaction (schools call this their retention rate).

  • Repayment Rate: A high repayment rate means most alumni earn enough to make progress repaying loans within 7 years of leaving.

We also show the total enrollment for the school as measured by full-time-equivalent (FTE) students enrolled annually.

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Careers for public policy majors
public policy is part of a larger collection of programs: Social Services and Public Administration. Is there a different program that's close to public policy that might be a better match for your interests? You can use this table to see a little about the programs that fall under this umbrella. If you click on any of the table headers, that will sort the table by that column, or click on a row and see Ididio's profile for that program.
Gender
Gender of recent graduates
Of all people with any degree in housing and human environments earned in the last academic year, 80% were women.
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Context: Gender representation
How does the gender distribution in this major compare to all other majors?
49%51%0%20%40%60%80%100%WomenMen
Context: Percentage women
This major has a higher percentage of women than 81% other programs.
Distribution: salaries by gender
Does gender greatly influence your salary with this degree? The closer the bar are, the less discrepancy there is.
$77K$65K$0$50K$100K$150K$200K$250KWomenMen
Context: Salary inequity
For public policy graduates, men have a 17% higher median salary than women, This is near the middle of salary differentials within each program's graduates.
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Race/Origin
Race/Origin of recent graduates
Here is an overview of race/origin for all housing and human environments graduates from this last academic year. We found a higher percentage of international graduates in this program than in 71% of other programs.
Race/Origin
White
Black
Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Asian
American Indian
Multiracial
Not Reported
International
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Have completions by race/origin changed over time, or at specific levels of education?
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Not Reported
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American Indian
Asian
Hispanic
Pacific Islander
Black
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Context: Percentage of Minority Graduates
Minority students comprise a lower percentage of graduates than in 91% of other programs.