2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Policy School for You

With 29 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #69 most popular major in Wisconsin.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Policy Schools in Wisconsin ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Public Policy Colleges.

Best Public Policy School

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI

29 Degrees

#3 in Quality in Wisconsin

$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW - Madison are $10,720 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW - Madison is ranked #3 for overall quality for public policy in Wisconsin.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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