2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Tennessee

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Doctorate in Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 92 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,300 and $37,495 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public policy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Tennessee

#1

University of Memphis

Memphis, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$14,202 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee list. This large school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

UofM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofM are $14,202, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Policy at UofM

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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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