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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Maryland, there were 292 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,400 and $50,634 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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. 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 for a Bachelor’s in Maryland” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree public admin students.

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

#1

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$14,288 Average Net Price

$69,338 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Maryland Global Campus is a public institution located in Adelphi, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 80 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMGC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMGC is $14,288 for Maryland Bachelor’s 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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