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

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 Plains States Region” 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 Plains States region, there were 28 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $85,737 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other public administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 8 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Other Public Administration at Missouri State

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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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