Public Administration is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #19 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 master's degrees in public administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Nebraska
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public administration.
Top Nebraska Schools for a Master's in Public Admin
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in public administration needs to take a look at University of Nebraska at Omaha. UNOMAHA is a large public university located in the city of Omaha.
Public Administration master's degree recipients from University of Nebraska at Omaha receive an earnings boost of approximately $5,487 above the typical income of public administration graduates.
Bellevue University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public administration. Located in the suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.
After graduating, public admin master's recipients typically make an average of $50,990 at the beginning of their careers.
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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