2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate
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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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 160 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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 an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree public admin students.
Top 7 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hudson Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate list. Located in Troy, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
HVCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend HVCC is $8,548 for Associate Degree Public Admin students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate list. Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a fairly large school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 17 associates’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
IWU also made our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,207 for associate degree public admin students per year to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global.
Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, South Texas College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in McAllen, Texas, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
South Texas College also made our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $1,174 for associate degree public admin students per year to attend South Texas College.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, San Antonio College landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 8 associates’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree public admin students list, San Antonio College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Antonio College is $5,882 for associate degree public admin students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tyler Junior College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate. Located in Tyler, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
Tyler Junior College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,277 for Associate Degree Public Admin students per year to attend Tyler Junior College.
Medgar Evers College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate ranking. Medgar is located in Brooklyn, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
Medgar also took the #6 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Medgar is $5,507 for Associate Degree Public Admin students.
With a ranking of #7, Hawaii Pacific University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate list. Hawaii Pacific University is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hawaii Pacific University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hawaii Pacific University is $27,508 for associate degree public admin students.
Read full report on Public Administration at Hawaii Pacific University
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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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