2023 Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Public Policy is the #53 most popular major in West Virginia with 23 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Policy Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Policy

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Virginia	278
Florida	13
Georgia	28
North Carolina	87
Tennessee	66
Kentucky	22
Louisiana	8
Alabama	7
South Carolina	2
Arkansas	8

Majors Related to Public Policy

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Public Policy

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 2 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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