2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $0-$30k) in New Hampshire

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In 2019-2020, 6,199 people earned their degree in public policy, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. 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 New Hampshire, there were 20 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public policy programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new hampshire master’s degree public policy students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 17 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Policy at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

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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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