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2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Plains States Region

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Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor's

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 6,430 people earned their degree in public policy, making the major the 113th most popular in the United States. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public policy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public policy programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s”.

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St Catherine University
Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public policy degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

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%.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Joplin, Missouri, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.

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Rockhurst University
Kansas City, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rockhurst University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Rockhurst University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Public Policy at Rockhurst

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Westminster College Missouri. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. Fulton, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public policy degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Public Policy at Westminster College Missouri

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 0 bachelors’s public policy degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in the Plains States Region for a Bachelor’s. Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Policy at Concordia University, Saint Paul

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