2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 92 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $22,837 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public policy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public policy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in Connecticut

#1

Trinity College

Hartford, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$17,830 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$64,990 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Trinity College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k. Hartford, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public policy degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Trinity Bantams did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Trinity Bantams are $17,830, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Policy at Trinity Bantams

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $75-$110k. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Connecticut

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’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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