2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
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Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,956 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 268 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 14 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southwest Region
Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Texas A&M University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University also made our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for West Texas A&M University is $12,761 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
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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 Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UOPX - Arizona, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tarleton State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
Tarleton also made our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #7. The yearly cost to attend Tarleton is $18,979 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
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Out of the 14 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Clear Lake landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Houston - Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Clear Lake, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston - Clear Lake is $10,612 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 39 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas State is $15,230 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
Northern Arizona University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Northern Arizona University is a large school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 9 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at NAU, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NAU is $12,915 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
UTSA also made our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $13,853 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
UCO also made our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for UCO is $16,562 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also took the #8 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Oklahoma is $21,145 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Stephen F Austin State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students list, SFASU has also earned the #13 rank in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $13,723 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.
With a ranking of #11, Texas Southern University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region list. TSU is a medium-sized public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 8 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
TSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $19,430 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students per year to attend Texas Southern University.
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students list, University of Arizona has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Arizona is $15,016 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Public Administration at University of Arizona
The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Richardson, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.
UT Dallas not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas at Dallas is $15,232 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Saint Edward’s University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
St. Edward’s University also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for St. Edward’s University is $24,833 for southwest region bachelor’s degree public admin students.
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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%.
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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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