by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,301 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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 colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree public policy students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’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 school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 7 masters’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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. U of U is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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