2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in West Virginia (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in West Virginia 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 West Virginia, there were 16 public policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public policy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public policy programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Public Policy in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$8,370 Average Net Price

$45,439 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school situated in Huntington, West Virginia. It awarded 3 ’s public policy degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Policy Schools in West Virginia” list. The yearly cost to attend Marshall University is $8,370 for west virginia public policy students with aid.

Read full report on Public Policy at Marshall University

#2

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,222 Average Net Price

$47,211 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Policy Schools in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, this large private for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified ’s public policy students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our west virginia public policy students with aid list, American Military University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Public Policy Schools in West Virginia” ranking. It costs about $10,222 for west virginia public policy students with aid per year to attend American Military University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 98%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Policy at American Military University

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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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