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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$30,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,466 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Albany. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University at Albany is located in Albany, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

UAlbany not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University at Albany are $25,225.

Read full report on Public Administration at University at Albany

#2

Rutgers University - Newark

Newark, New Jersey
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Newark, New Jersey, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified doctorate’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers Newark also made our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - Newark are $32,112.

Read full report on Public Administration at Rutgers University - Newark

#3

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a fairly large public school situated in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It awarded 15 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WCUPA, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WCUPA are $16,758, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Syracuse University is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 3 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse are $41,714.

Read full report on Public Administration at Syracuse

#5

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public admin degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

UB not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UB are $21,614.

Full UB Public Administration Report

#6

American University

Washington, District of Columbia
#3 in overall quality

American University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. The American University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

The American University also made our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at American University

#7

New York University

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

New York University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

NYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NYU are $36,892, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at NYU

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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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