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

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 Oregon 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 Oregon, there were 126 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,450 and $37,642 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 53 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at Portland State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,560 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. UO is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 11 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UO, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UO are $29,991, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Oregon

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’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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