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

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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 Michigan, there were 236 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,000 and $23,907 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 115 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public policy. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public policy programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Michigan (With Aid)

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$67,660 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 105 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Policy at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

#2

University of Michigan - Dearborn

Dearborn, Michigan

$25,072 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Dearborn. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. University of Michigan - Dearborn is a medium-sized public school situated in Dearborn, Michigan. It awarded 1 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

UM Dearborn also took the #0 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Dearborn are $25,072, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UM Dearborn Public Policy Report

#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$48,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. Michigan State is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 8 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Policy at Michigan State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in the Great Lakes 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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