2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Middle Atlantic Region
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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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,628 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,681 and $21,366 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $77,076 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 13 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
Top 13 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Niagara University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Niagara University, New York, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Niagara Public Policy Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UMBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 doctorate’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Policy at UMBC
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The New School landed the #3 spot on the list. New School University is located in New York, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 doctorate’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full The New School Public Policy Report
Out of the 13 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Teachers College at Columbia University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Policy at Teachers College at Columbia University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Public Policy at George Washington University
University of Maryland - College Park came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
Full University of Maryland - College Park Public Policy Report
Rutgers University - Camden came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Camden, New Jersey, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Rutgers Camden Public Policy Report
With a ranking of #8, Princeton University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Princeton University is a medium-sized school located in Princeton, New Jersey that handed out 1 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 4 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Princeton Public Policy Report
Carnegie Mellon University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read full report on Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
University of Pennsylvania did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 31 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Policy at University of Pennsylvania
Drexel University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Drexel is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 doctorate’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Drexel Public Policy Report
Cornell University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Cornell University is located in Ithaca, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 doctorate’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Policy at Cornell University
Temple University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Temple University is a public institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school has a large population, and it awarded 50 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Public Policy at Temple 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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