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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas” 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 Texas, there were 317 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,349 and $19,062 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 152 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,376 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas master’s degree public policy students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of St. Thomas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas. Located in Houston, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s public policy students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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 The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas. Austin, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public policy degrees to 99 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 masters’s public policy degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas. The University of Texas at Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #5 spot on the list. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public policy degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Policy Major in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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