If you pursue a master's degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 62 master's degrees in public administration to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt public administration students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public administration students working on their master's degree.
The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Iowa.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Iowa
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for public administration students seeking a a master's degree.
Upper Iowa University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public administration. UIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Fayette.
Master's recipients from the public administration program at Upper Iowa University make $3,070 above the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public administration has to take a look at Drake University. Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Des Moines.
Those public administration students who get their master's degree from Drake University receive $4,786 more than the typical public admin graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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