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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Arizona

4 Ranked Colleges
526 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k

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 a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Arizona, there were 682 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 526 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Arizona

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 28 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Arizona Public Administration Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 123 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Phoenix - Arizona are $17,096, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at UOPX - Arizona

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #3 spot on the list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

NAU also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NAU are $19,489.

Full NAU Public Administration Report

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Skysong are $6,724.

Read full report on Public Administration at ASU - Skysong

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $48-$75k list. Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 266 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Grand Canyon University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at Grand Canyon 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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