2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Alaska” 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 Alaska, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$25,017 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Alaska Southeast is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAS also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAS are $25,017, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at UAS

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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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