2023 Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Policy Master's Degree School for You
Public Policy is the #113 most popular major in the country with 6,430 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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The Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public policy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Public Policy Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of California - Berkeley the best value school in the Far Western US Region for public policy students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.
UC Berkeley did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at California Lutheran University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public policy schools in the Far Western US Region . CLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Thousand Oaks.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CLU are $20,600 a year.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Los Angeles landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCLA are $28,138 a year.
UCLA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - San Francisco. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.
UCSF graduate students pay an average of $28,101 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Portland State University is a great value for public policy students working on their master’s degree. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 a year.
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Washington State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public policy students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.
Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of California - Irvine ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Irvine are $28,458 per year.
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University of California - Riverside landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public policy programs. Located in the large city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a very large student population.
UCR graduate students pay an average of $28,569 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Southern California came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
USC graduate students pay an average of $61,396 in tuition and fees each year.
USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Pepperdine University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Pepperdine is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Malibu.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pepperdine are $37,420 per year.
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Explore the best public policy schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 798 |
| Washington | 32 |
| Oregon | 50 |
| Nevada | 12 |
| Alaska | 0 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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 11 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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