2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. 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 Illinois, there were 457 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,625 and $39,969 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,319 and $24,183 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$12,477 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. UIS is located in Springfield, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

UIS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. The estimated yearly cost for UIS is $12,477 for illinois bachelor’s degree public admin students.

Read more about Public Administration at University of Illinois at Springfield

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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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