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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Colorado, there were 173 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,167 and $33,895 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 163 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Colorado” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,823 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. CU Anschutz is a large public school situated in Denver, Colorado. It awarded 116 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915.

Read full report on Public Administration at CU Anschutz

#2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$25,774 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree public admin students list, UCCS has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCCS are $25,774, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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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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