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2023 Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s

1 Ranked Colleges
29 Degrees Awarded
$52,867 Avg Salary
Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in Wisconsin for a Master's

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Wisconsin for a Master’s” 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 Wisconsin, there were 96 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,867 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,134 and $0 respectively.

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 Wisconsin for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for wisconsin master’s degree public policy students.

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Out of the 1 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Policy Major in Wisconsin for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wisconsin - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 29 masters’s public policy degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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