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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Administration is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Nevada, there were 75 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,733 and $35,707 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for nevada master’s degree public admin students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in Nevada

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a large public school situated in Las Vegas, Nevada. It awarded 41 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNLV are $21,962.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Reno, Nevada, and it awarded 7 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Reno are $21,971, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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