by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland” 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 Maryland, there were 270 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 149 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,303 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland” ranking, we looked at 6 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland master’s degree public admin students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Baltimore. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small public school handed out 64 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Bowie State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Maryland. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland list. Located in Suitland, Maryland, this small private for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Maryland Public Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington Adventist University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland list. Located in Takoma Park, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
Full Washington Adventist University Public Administration Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, McDaniel College landed the #5 spot on the list. McDaniel College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Westminster, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
Johns Hopkins University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Maryland ranking. Johns Hopkins is a large school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 52 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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