2024 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in Arizona
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$13,100
Avg Net Price*
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Arizona” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Policy is the 113th most popular major in the country with 6,430 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $49,451 and had an average of $21,866 in loans still to pay off.
Across Arizona, there were 233 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,079 and $22,500 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools in Arizona” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Public Policy Schools in Arizona” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Value Public Policy Schools in Arizona
The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona public policy students.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in Arizona
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 124 ’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
ASU - Tempe not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Policy Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $13,107 for Arizona Public Policy students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Policy at Arizona State University - Tempe
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a large school located in Scottsdale, Arizona that handed out 98 ’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Policy Schools in Arizona” ranking.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Arizona State University - Skysong Public Policy Report
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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
- *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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