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2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
55 Degrees Awarded
$36,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 821 people earned their degree in other public administration, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. 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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s other public admin degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Binghamton University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate. Vestal, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other public admin degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

Binghamton University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Binghamton University are $25,290.

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#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate. Located in Orlando, Florida, this large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other public admin students in 2019-2020.

UCF also took the #6 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other public admin degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pitt are $40,836, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate. U-M is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 6 doctorate’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree other public admin students list, U-M has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 6 doctorate’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Boston U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Boston U are $57,666, 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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