by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas” 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 Arkansas, there were 186 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 165 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,270 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 5 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 Arkansas” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Strayer University - Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas. Strayer University - Arkansas is a small private for-profit school situated in Little Rock, Arkansas. It awarded 2 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Strayer University - Arkansas
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Arkansas State University - Main Campus is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 121 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
Read more about Public Administration at Arkansas State University - Main Campus
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small school located in Magnolia, Arkansas that handed out 21 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Public Administration Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Little Rock landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. UARK is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
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