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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Missouri, there were 17 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public policy program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$22,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the #1 spot on the list. SLU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SLU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SLU are $22,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Policy at Saint Louis University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Plains States 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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