2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Policy is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,199 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,077 and had an average of $35,743 in loans still to pay off.

Across New York, there were 355 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,050 and $31,052 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 16 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $76,095 and $123,917 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public policy 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new york doctor’s degree public policy students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in New York

#1

Niagara University

Niagara University, New York

#1 in overall quality

$14,893 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Niagara University, New York, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Niagara did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Niagara are $14,893, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

The New School

New York, New York

#2 in overall quality

$47,642 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The New School. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in New York For Those Making $75-$110k. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s public policy degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

New School University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New School University are $47,642, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k)

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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