2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k) in Idaho

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Idaho, there were 3 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,100 and $64,855 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho doctor’s degree public policy students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k) in Idaho

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Idaho For Those Making $30-$48k list. Boise, Idaho is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public policy degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Boise State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566.

Read full report on Public Policy at Boise State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $30-$48k)

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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