2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,629 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,459 and $36,682 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

California Baptist University

Riverside, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,140 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California Baptist University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Riverside, California, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Baptist, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at California Baptist University are $14,140, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Cal Baptist Public Administration Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k)

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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