2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

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

Across Alaska, there were 34 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $66,425 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Alaska” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Alaska

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree public admin students.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

1

University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, Alaska

#3 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 29 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Public Administration at UAS

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska

#1 overall quality in Alaska

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Full UAA Public Administration Report

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• Most Focused Master’s 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.