by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Public Administration is the 49th most popular major in the country with 16,897 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 488 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 8 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manor College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania. Manor College is located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.
Read more about Public Administration at Point Park University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania list. Kutztown University is a medium-sized school located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Administration at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Francis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania list. Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Villanova University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Villanova, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at Villanova University
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Public Administration at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
University of Pittsburgh - Bradford did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking, coming in at #8. Pitt Bradford is a small public school situated in Bradford, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Pittsburgh - Bradford Public Administration Report
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