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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the New England Region

8 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$30,400 Avg Cost*
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 818 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public administration.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region”.

Top 8 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the New England Region

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Fort Kent. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Fort Kent, Maine, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine at Fort Kent Public Administration Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region. Augusta, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

Full UMA Public Administration Report

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Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Rhode Island College

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Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region. Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration at Roger Williams University

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Plymouth State University
Plymouth, New Hampshire

Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Plymouth State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, this small public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at Plymouth State

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Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire

Southern New Hampshire University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region ranking. This large school is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at SNHU

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region list. Located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at UMass Dartmouth

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University of New Haven
West Haven, Connecticut

With a ranking of #8, University of New Haven did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the New England Region list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 24 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration at University of New Haven

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