2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Oregon, there were 126 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,450 and $37,642 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon. Portland State University is located in Portland, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 53 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

Portland State University also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at Portland State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,560 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. UO is a public institution located in Eugene, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UO did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991.

Full University of Oregon 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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