2023 Best Value Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree School for You
With 153 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #76 most popular major in Connecticut.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public Policy
Our 2023 rankings named Trinity College the best value school in Connecticut for public policy students working on their bachelor’s degree. Trinity Bantams is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Hartford.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trinity Bantams are $61,370 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Trinity Bantams is ranked #2 for overall quality for public policy in Connecticut.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCONN are $18,524 a year. The average amount in student loans that public policy majors at UCONN take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,555.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Saint Joseph. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Hartford.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USJ are $43,084 per year.
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Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 544 |
| New Hampshire | 23 |
| Maine | 27 |
| Rhode Island | 154 |
| Vermont | 21 |
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Majors Related to Public Policy
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Policy
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Social Work | 58,326 |
| Public Administration | 16,905 |
| Human Services | 13,238 |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 3,096 |
| Other Public Administration | 588 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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