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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Kansas” 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 Kansas, there were 134 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kansas” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$25,007 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 40 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at KU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kansas are $25,007.

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#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Kansas. Wichita State University is a fairly large school located in Wichita, Kansas that handed out 16 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WSU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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