2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 6,199 people earned their degree in public policy, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. 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 Rhode Island, there were 153 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,950 and $42,924 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy 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 public policy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

#1

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,749 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. Brown is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 55 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Policy at Brown University

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s public policy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Policy at University of Rhode Island

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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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