2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Alaska, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

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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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 Master’s in Alaska” 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 Master’s in Alaska

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$25,017 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the #1 spot on the list. UAS is a small school located in Juneau, Alaska that handed out 25 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UAS also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAS are $25,017.

Full University of Alaska Southeast 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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