2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

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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 District of Columbia, there were 329 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,367 and $57,344 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824.

Read full report on Public Policy at GWU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’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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