2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

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 Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 454 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,978 and $48,486 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,758 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

WCUPA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Chester University of Pennsylvania are $16,758.

Read more about Public Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k)

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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