2024 Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
10Doctor's Degrees
Public Policy is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #77 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of public policy. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 10 doctor's degrees in public policy during the 2020-2021 academic year.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public policy students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other public policy students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt public policy students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public policy related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public policy students working on their doctor's degree.
The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Policy in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public policy.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Policy
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).