2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 194 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,300 and $36,536 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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.

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 Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree other public admin students.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UA Little Rock not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UA Little Rock Other Public Administration Report

#2

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Central Florida is a large public school situated in Orlando, Florida. It awarded 14 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCF Other Public Administration Report

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full George Mason University Other Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration

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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