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2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Judson University

Elgin, Illinois

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Judson University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid list. Judson is a private not-for-profit institution located in Elgin, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Judson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Judson are $18,900, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Judson Other Public Administration Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid 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. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State are $26,204, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Ball State Other Public Administration Report

#3

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Marquette University landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and it awarded 8 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marquette, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, 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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