by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Plains States Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 16,897 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 49th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,304 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 872 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 30 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region. Hamline University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 34 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 30 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drake University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Des Moines, Iowa. It awarded 33 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region. Park University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Parkville, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 40 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Nebraska at Omaha Public Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Upper Iowa University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. UIU is located in Fayette, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Public Administration at Upper Iowa University
Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 71 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at Missouri State University - Springfield
Walden University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Walden University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 152 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at Walden University
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #8. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 93 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of South Dakota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. University of South Dakota is a medium-sized public school situated in Vermillion, South Dakota. It awarded 20 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 33 masters’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%.
Bellevue University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. Bellevue, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 30 students in 2020-2021.
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 Bellevue University
Wichita State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #12. Wichita State University is a public institution located in Wichita, Kansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Lindenwood University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Charles, Missouri that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, University of Missouri - St Louis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 19 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration at University of Missouri - St Louis
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #15. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Winona, Minnesota. It awarded 11 masters’s public admin 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%.
Read full report on Public Administration at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Saint Cloud State University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Saint Cloud State University is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 full report on Public Administration at St. Cloud State University
University of Kansas ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 35 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Southeast Missouri State University landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 11 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southeast Missouri State University Public Administration Report
With a ranking of #19, Capella University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 69 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Capella University
Metropolitan State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Metro State is a medium-sized school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 10 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Metropolitan State University Public Administration Report
University of North Dakota ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 North Dakota
Webster University landed the #22 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at Webster University
Creighton University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Creighton University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Omaha, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #24. UMN Twin Cities is a large public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 28 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
University of Mary ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Bismarck, North Dakota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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