2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region” 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 Southwest region, there were 1,956 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 40 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southwest Region

#1

University of North Texas

Denton, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$15,618 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region list. Denton, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public admin degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

UNT also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Texas are $15,618, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at UNT

#2

The University of Texas at Arlington

Arlington, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$23,376 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Texas at Arlington is a public institution located in Arlington, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington also made our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Arlington are $23,376, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Dallas also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610.

Read more about Public Administration at UT Dallas

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration

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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