2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Policy 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.

Public Policy is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,199 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public policy graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $52,077 and had an average of $35,743 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 127 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,900 and $41,705 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy programs and 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 public policy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Public Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

#1

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,102 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #1 spot on the list. St Catherine University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend St Catherine University is $15,102 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Policy students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Policy at St. Kate’s

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (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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