2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 173 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 163 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

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

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

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

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 116 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read full report on Public Administration at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

UCCS also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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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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