2024 Best Public Administration Schools in Missouri
7Colleges in Missouri
326Public Admin Degrees Awarded
$49,113Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in public administration is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #60 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Missouri to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public administration. Combined, these schools handed out 326 degrees in public administration to qualified students.
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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Best Schools for Public Administration in Missouri
The schools below may not offer all types of public admin degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in public administration needs to check out University of Missouri - Columbia. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 111 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the public administration major at University of Missouri - Columbia earn $10,379 above the typical college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Missouri State University - Springfield is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in public administration. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #427 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Missouri State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 38 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the public admin program earn around $40,294 for their early career.
University of Missouri - St Louis is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in public administration. UMSL is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Saint Louis. A Best Colleges rank of #405 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMSL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UMSL in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in public administration has to check out Park University. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #327 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Park University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 80 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Park University in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, public admin degree recipients generally make about $47,787 in the first five years of their career.
UMKC is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kansas City. This university ranks 12th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 29 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UMKC in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program earn an average of $45,553 for their early career.
Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Saint Charles. This university ranks 15th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 10 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Lindenwood University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, public admin degree recipients typically earn around $42,059 in their early careers.
Columbia College Missouri is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Columbia. This college ranks 16th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 8 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Columbia College Missouri in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 7 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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