2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Public Policy Analysis is the 139th most popular major in the country with 5,606 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southwest region, there were 475 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 266 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general public policy analysis. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general public policy analysis programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general public policy analysis program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in the Southwest Region

#1

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$13,971 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school handed out 84 degrees to qualified bachelors’s general public policy analysis students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong also made our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for ASU - Skysong is $13,971 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general public policy analysis students.

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#2

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,232 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Dallas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s general public policy analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for southwest region bachelor’s degree general public policy analysis students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$36,222 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Methodist University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Dallas, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s general public policy analysis degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

SMU also made our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $36,222 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree General Public Policy Analysis students per year to attend SMU.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about General Public Policy Analysis at Southern Methodist University

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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