2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Policy Analysis (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value International Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 195 people earned their degree in international policy analysis, making the major the 890th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 39 international policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 international policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent international policy analysis programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the international policy analysis program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value International Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value International Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value International Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Policy Analysis (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$61,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value International Policy Analysis Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Chicago, Illinois. It awarded 34 masters’s international policy analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

UChicago also made our “Best International Policy Analysis Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Chicago are $61,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for International Policy Analysis (Income $30-$48k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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