2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in New Hampshire (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, there were 20 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public policy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public policy program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Policy Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in New Hampshire (With Aid)

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$24,067 Average Net Price

$41,020 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools in New Hampshire For Those Getting Aid list. UNH is located in Durham, New Hampshire and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 ’s public policy degrees to qualified students.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Policy Schools in New Hampshire” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for New Hampshire Public Policy students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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• Best Value 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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