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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Oklahoma” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Oklahoma, there were 84 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,700 and $33,534 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

Norman, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$23,236 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma list. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

University of Oklahoma also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at University of Oklahoma

#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

#2 in overall quality

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,924 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oklahoma. This fairly large school is located in Edmond, Oklahoma, and it awarded 20 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oklahoma” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCO are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at UCO

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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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