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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across Wisconsin, there were 95 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 $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$18,744 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh landed the #1 spot on the list. Oshkosh, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Oshkosh, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh are $18,744, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

UWM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee are $25,295.

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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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