2022 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in Nevada (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 in Nevada For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Nevada, there were 75 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,733 and $35,707 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 in Nevada For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in Nevada (With Aid)

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$11,424 Average Net Price

$46,561 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it awarded 68 ’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Schools in Nevada” list. It costs about $11,424 for Nevada Public Admin students with aid per year to attend UNLV.

Read full report on Public Administration at UNLV

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

#2 in overall quality

$15,081 Average Net Price

$41,025 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools in Nevada For Those Getting Aid list. UNR is a large school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 7 ’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Schools in Nevada” list. The yearly cost to attend UNR is $15,081 for Nevada Public Admin students with aid.

Full UNR Public Administration Report

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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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