2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region

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Public Administration is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,897 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 2,595 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public administration program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region associate degree public admin students.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region

1

Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California

Top 5% overall quality in Far Western US

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern College landed the #1 spot on the list. Southwestern College is a public institution located in Chula Vista, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at Southwestern College

2

Northwest Indian College
Bellingham, Washington

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Indian College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwest Indian College is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Northwest Indian College

2

Palomar College
San Marcos, California

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Palomar College landed the #2 spot on the list. Palomar College is a fairly large public school situated in San Marcos, California. It awarded 0 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Palomar College Public Administration Report

• Most Focused Associate 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.