2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Policy School for You

In 2020-2021, 23 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #126 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Policy

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	87
Virginia	470
North Carolina	463
Florida	13
Tennessee	104
Kentucky	22
South Carolina	2
Louisiana	8
Arkansas	8
Alabama	9
Mississippi	51

Public Policy Related Majors for Public Policy

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

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 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.