2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k

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In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. 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 Vermont, there were 54 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,150 and $55,329 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Vermont

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,094 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Vermont is a fairly large school located in Burlington, Vermont that handed out 14 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UVM are $33,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$20,264 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norwich University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont For Those Making $30-$48k list. Norwich is a small school located in Northfield, Vermont that handed out 38 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Norwich not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Norwich University are $20,264.

Read more about Public Administration at Norwich

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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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