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2023 Best Value Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$60,236 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$38,098 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 305 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #129 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Policy Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Texas 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas

Check out the public policy bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public Policy

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Dallas the best value school in Texas for public policy students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Dallas are $14,564 a year. The average amount in student loans that public policy majors at UT Dallas take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $21,437.

Read full report on Public Policy at The University of Texas at Dallas

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Methodist University is a great value for public policy students working on their bachelor’s degree. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMU are $60,236 per year.

SMU also took the #4 spot in our Best Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas rankings.

Read full report on Public Policy at Southern Methodist University

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 233
Oklahoma 28
New Mexico 7

Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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