2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Oregon (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 30 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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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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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’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 Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 16 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also made our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Policy at Portland State University

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