2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,606 people earned their degree in general public policy analysis, making the major the 139th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 125 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general public policy analysis graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general public policy analysis programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general public policy analysis program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,102 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Catherine University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Public Policy Analysis Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s general public policy analysis degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Public Policy Analysis Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for St Catherine University is $15,102 for plains states region bachelor’s degree general public policy analysis students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on General Public Policy Analysis at St Catherine University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Public Policy Analysis (Income $0-$30k)

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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