2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting 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 Master’s in Arizona 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 Arizona, there were 213 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,600 and $21,969 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 31 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 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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Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Policy in Arizona (With Aid)

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 8 masters’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

Read more about Public Policy at University of Arizona

#2

Arizona State University - Skysong

Scottsdale, Arizona

$6,724 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Policy Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #2 spot on the list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public policy degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Policy at ASU - Skysong

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