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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Vermont” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Vermont, there were 54 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,150 and $55,329 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 52 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 Vermont” 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.

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 Master’s in Vermont” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$33,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$60,094 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

UVM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Vermont are $33,326, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Vermont Public Administration Report

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$20,264 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$70,456 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Norwich University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Vermont. Located in Northfield, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 38 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Norwich, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Norwich are $20,264, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at Norwich

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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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