2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 51 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 $75,140 and $97,138 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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The public policy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Policy at Boise State

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k)

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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