by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking.
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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 46 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public policy.
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The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the #1 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 19 bachelors’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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