2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 53 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis in Connecticut

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 10 masters’s general public policy analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

Trinity Bantams not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity Bantams are $17,830, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on General Public Policy Analysis at Trinity College

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. UCONN is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 12 masters’s general public policy analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

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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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