by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 16,897 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States.
Across Ohio, there were 445 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,341 and $26,852 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. That schools that top this list have a program in public administration in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for ohio bachelor’s degree public admin students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Vernon Nazarene University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio list. Located in Mount Vernon, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio list. Located in Columbus, Ohio, this large public school awarded 93 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school situated in Oxford, Ohio. It awarded 31 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Franklin University landed the #4 spot on the list. Columbus, Ohio is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cleveland State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, this fairly large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
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Baldwin Wallace University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Berea, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Youngstown State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #8. This fairly large school is located in Bowling Green, Ohio, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Cedarville University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking, coming in at #9. Cedarville is a private not-for-profit institution located in Cedarville, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Otterbein University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking. Otterbein is a small school located in Westerville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Muskingum University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Ohio ranking. This small school is located in New Concord, Ohio, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
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