2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Plains States region, there were 127 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,900 and $41,705 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public policy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public policy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 the Plains States Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Plains States Region

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s public policy degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region doctor’s degree public policy students list, SLU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Policy at Saint Louis University

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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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