2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Georgia (With Aid)

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 Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Georgia, there were 92 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,000 and $26,350 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,934 and $102,100 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for georgia doctor’s degree public policy students with aid.

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

#1

Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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

Georgia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia State University are $24,790, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Policy at Georgia State

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• 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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