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

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region

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 the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,743 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 647 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 36 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 Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree public admin students.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region

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Flagler College - St Augustine
Saint Augustine, Florida

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Flagler College - St Augustine. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region. Flagler College - St Augustine is located in Saint Augustine, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 34 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Public Administration at Flagler St. Augustine

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Barry University
Miami, Florida

Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Barry University landed the #2 spot on the list. Barry University is a medium-sized school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 63 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at Barry University

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Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, and it awarded 76 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at WCU

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Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern University at New Orleans landed the #4 spot on the list. SUNO is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Public Administration at SUNO

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Talladega College
Talladega, Alabama

Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Talladega College landed the #5 spot on the list. Talladega, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Talladega College

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James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

James Madison University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. JMU is a public institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Administration at JMU

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Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Fayetteville State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 12 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at Fayetteville State University

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Hampton University
Hampton, Virginia

Hampton University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. Hampton is located in Hampton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Public Administration at Hampton

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Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Florida

Florida Atlantic University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Boca Raton, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 61 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University

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Florida International University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida International University is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 122 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration at FIU

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Shaw University
Raleigh, North Carolina

With a ranking of #11, Shaw University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Shaw University

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Kentucky State University
Frankfort, Kentucky

Kentucky State University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. KY State is a small school located in Frankfort, Kentucky that handed out 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at KY State

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Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, Florida

Indian River State College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. Indian River State College is a fairly large public school situated in Fort Pierce, Florida. It awarded 21 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Indian River State College Public Administration Report

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Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama

Samford University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Read more about Public Administration at Samford

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St Petersburg College
Clearwater, Florida

St Petersburg College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. SPC is located in Clearwater, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Public Administration at St Petersburg College

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University of Central Arkansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Public Administration at University of Central Arkansas

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George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

George Mason University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #17. This large school is located in Fairfax, Virginia, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Administration at GMU

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With a ranking of #18, University of Central Florida did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a large school located in Orlando, Florida that handed out 57 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. 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%.

Full University of Central Florida Public Administration Report

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Lee University
Cleveland, Tennessee

Lee University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Cleveland, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Lee University Public Administration Report

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Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

Harding University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Harding is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Administration at Harding

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Henderson State University
Arkadelphia, Arkansas

With a ranking of #21, Henderson State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 1 students 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%.

Read more about Public Administration at Henderson State University

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University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

University of Miami came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Coral Gables, Florida, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Miami

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With a ranking of #23, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 7 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

Auburn University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn is a public institution located in Auburn, Alabama. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 Auburn

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Liberty University
Lynchburg, Virginia

With a ranking of #25, Liberty University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Liberty University

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