2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Alabama, there were 370 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,300 and $41,818 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $81,644 and $113,063 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Alabama

#1

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$31,956 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Alabama For Those Making $48-$75k list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 8 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at Auburn University

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