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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 2,650 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,951 and $36,038 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Public Administration Schools

The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree public admin students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Marion, Indiana, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is $22,207 for great lakes region associate degree public admin students.

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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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