2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Policy School for You

With 91 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #47 most popular major in Minnesota.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Schools in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public policy majors pursuing a .

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Policy

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

8 Degrees

#18 in Quality in Minnesota

$14,148 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the best value school in Minnesota for public policy students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Capella University are $14,148 per year.

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#2

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

71 Degrees

#5 in Quality in Minnesota

$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

UMN Twin Cities undergraduate students pay an average of $15,254 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMN Twin Cities also made our Best Public Policy Schools in Minnesota list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Plains States Region

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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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