2022 Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

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. 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 Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree public policy students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boise State University is a large public school situated in Boise, Idaho. It awarded 3 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Policy at Boise State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income Over $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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