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2023 Best Value Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$36,782 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,523 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public policy was ranked #61 in the country. In fact 3,737 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Policy Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public policy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Policy Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Policy

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for public policy students working on their doctor’s degree. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 per year.

Read full report on Public Policy at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public policy schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 a year.

Full Public Policy at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the # 3 spot on the list. U-M is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U-M are $50,464 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, U-M also is in the top 5% of our Best Public Policy Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

Full Public Policy at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Report

Best Public Policy Colleges by State

Explore the best public policy schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 170
Illinois 350
Ohio 15
Indiana 8
Wisconsin 29

Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
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