2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking.

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 Missouri, there were 17 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

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

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

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s public policy degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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