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

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 Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Utah, there were 180 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,033 and $31,913 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 180 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 Utah” ranking looked at 3 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Utah.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Utah

#1

Brigham Young University - Provo

Provo, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$7,510 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,479 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Utah. Provo, Utah 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.

BYU also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,733 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 55 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Utah are $24,695.

Full U of U Public Administration Report

#3

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

#3 in overall quality

$24,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$45,026 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Utah list. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar City, Utah. It awarded 54 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Utah University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Utah University are $24,548.

Full Southern Utah University 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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