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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 125 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree general public policy analysis students.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$19,078 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St. Kate’s is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s general public policy analysis degrees to qualified students.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St Catherine University is $19,078 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree General Public Policy Analysis students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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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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