2023 Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Policy Master's Degree School for You
Public Policy is the #61 most popular major in the country with 3,737 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.
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 Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 73 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in the United States
Check out the public policy master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Public Policy Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.
BYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list.
The excellent master’s degree programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public policy schools in the United States. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
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Out of the 73 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Trinity College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Trinity Bantams are $18,880 per year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public policy schools in the United States. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC Berkeley are $29,262 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UC Berkeley also did well on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Liberty University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public policy programs. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
Elizabethtown College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elizabethtown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Etown are $34,000 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Etown is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list.
University of Delaware did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public policy students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UD also did well on our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
California Lutheran University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public policy programs. Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CLU are $20,600 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CLU also is in the top 20% of our Best Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools ranking.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great value schools for Public Policy graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 11 | University of Houston | Houston, TX |
| 12 | University of California - Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA |
| 13 | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, IA |
| 14 | University of Maryland - Baltimore County | Baltimore, MD |
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Public Policy Related Majors for Public Policy
Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 25 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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