2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid” 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 Oregon, there were 43 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this large public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public policy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon doctor’s degree public policy students with aid list, Portland State University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Policy at Portland State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy (With Aid)

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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