You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on General Public Policy Analysis Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s general public policy analysis students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%.