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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,629 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,689 and $18,419 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 public administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Hawaii Pacific University

Honolulu, Hawaii
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hawaii Pacific University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Hawaii Pacific University is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 3 associates’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Hawaii Pacific University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. It costs about $23,845 for Far Western US Region Associate Degree Public Admin students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Hawaii Pacific University.

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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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