Become a changemaker.
At the School of Public Policy, you will develop the skills and knowledge you need to understand complex issues like climate change, policing, technology, immigration, and much more. Our programs teach policymaking, data analysis and visualization, economics, writing, leadership, and more, giving you the toolbox of skills needed to help shape solutions to pressing problems. You will be equipped to make a difference in the world, whatever your particular passion.
Undergraduate Programs
As a student in the School of Public Policy, you’ll explore the big problems facing our world and learn how to take actions to solve them. You'll have the opportunity to uncover the interrelationship between law, politics, and society. You'll explore the implications of public policy and learn how to use data for the public good.
Public Policy Graduate Programs
Our comprehensive approach to integrating social justice into our research, teaching, and hands-on work has received national recognition.
DACSS Graduate Programs
The data analytics and computational social science (DACSS) program at UMass Amherst will help you manage complex information and learn to tell compelling stories with data.
Dual-Degree Graduate Programs
The School of Public Policy offers several dual-degree programs to complement our master's in public policy and administration (MPPA), in cooperation with other departments and schools at the university.
Certificates
Our certificates allow students to gain critical skills in data analytics and public policy without committing to either a full undergraduate major or master's program.