2023 Best Value Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 6,430 people earned a degree or certificate in public policy, making the major the #113 most popular in the United States.
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.
The Best Value Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 34 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.
Top 10 Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the best value school in the United States for public policy students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.
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Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Berkeley landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Clemson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public policy schools in the United States. Clemson is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.
Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UT Austin is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools list.
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Out of the 34 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 per year.
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Loma Linda University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public policy programs. Loma Linda University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Loma Linda.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loma Linda University are $31,058 per year.
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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public policy students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.
UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Memphis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public policy students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, George Washington University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public policy students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Arkansas landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public policy programs. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $22,563 per year.
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Public Policy Related Majors for Public Policy
Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Policy
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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| 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 25 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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