2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in District of Columbia

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 329 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 317 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general public policy analysis program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. George Washington University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 86 masters’s general public policy analysis degrees to qualified students.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

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#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 54 degrees to qualified masters’s general public policy analysis students in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s general public policy analysis degrees to 177 students in 2019-2020.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591.

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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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