2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region
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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 Great Lakes region, there were 989 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,283 and $31,567 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 540 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 10 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree public policy students.
Top 10 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Great Lakes Region
Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 43 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola University Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 12 degrees to qualified masters’s public policy students in 2019-2020.
Loyola Chicago did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola Chicago are $19,154.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. DePaul is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 22 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
DePaul did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at DePaul are $19,760, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. University of Illinois at Chicago is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. UM Dearborn is a medium-sized public school situated in Dearborn, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
UM Dearborn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM Dearborn are $25,072, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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Michigan State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 8 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
National Louis University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
NLU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at National Louis University are $12,096.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a public institution located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 105 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
U-M also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548.
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Adler University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public policy degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Adler not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Adler University are $37,732, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Chicago landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region ranking. UChicago is a fairly large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 337 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UChicago, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UChicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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%.
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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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