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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in New York

5 Ranked Colleges
238 Degrees Awarded
$12,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in New York” 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 New York, there were 2,046 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 238 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in New York

#1

Baruch College

New York, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baruch College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Baruch did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Baruch is $3,562 for new york bachelor’s degree public admin students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Located in New York, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 67 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

John Jay also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $2,532 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students per year to attend John Jay.

Read more about Public Administration at John Jay

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan College of New York landed the #3 spot on the list. Metropolitan College of New York is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 21 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCNY, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $15,310 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students per year to attend Metropolitan College of New York.

Read more about Public Administration at Metropolitan College of New York

#4

Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Medgar Evers College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Medgar Evers College is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 32 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Medgar did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $5,507 for new york bachelor’s degree public admin students per year to attend Medgar Evers College.

Full Medgar Public Administration Report

#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 77 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $34,482 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students per year to attend Syracuse.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Syracuse University Public Administration Report

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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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