2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in District of Columbia
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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 District of Columbia, there were 276 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,875 and $67,337 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 273 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.
Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in District of Columbia
Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 71 students in 2019-2020.
GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.
University of the District of Columbia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of the District of Columbia are $18,608, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #3 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 163 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 15 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree public admin students list, Strayer University - Global Region has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Global Region are $15,135, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia. This fairly large school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our district of columbia master’s degree public admin students list, Georgetown has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown University are $53,591.
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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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