2022 Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

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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 District of Columbia, there were 329 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,367 and $57,344 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree public policy students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. GWU is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 12 doctorate’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read full report on Public Policy at GWU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (Income Over $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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