Ranked #19 in popularity, public administration is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 master's degrees in public administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
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 colleges 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 Kansas.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Kansas
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public administration.
It's hard to beat University of Kansas if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public administration. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those public administration students who get their master's degree from University of Kansas earn $5,435 more than the average public admin grad.
Wichita State University is a good decision for students interested in a master's degree in public administration. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the public admin program report average early career income of $45,676.
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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