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2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$14,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 28 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $85,737 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Plains States Region

#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 in the Plains States Region. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified doctorate’s other public admin students in 2019-2020.

Capella University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

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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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