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2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

3 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$22,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Other Public Administration is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 821 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, other public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,583 and had an average of $32,856 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 79 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,900 and $16,722 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree other public admin students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s other public admin degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ball State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204.

Full Ball State Other Public Administration Report

#2

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marquette University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Marquette is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s other public admin degrees to qualified students.

Marquette also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690.

Read full report on Other Public Administration at Marquette

#3

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Judson University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Elgin, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s other public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Judson, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson are $18,900, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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