by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Plains States region, there were 144 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,368 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public policy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Louis University is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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