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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Iowa, there were 164 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,729 and $50,781 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 60 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa

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

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

#1

Drake University

Des Moines, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$11,932 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$49,312 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drake University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa list. Des Moines, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.

Drake not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drake are $11,932, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drake University Public Administration Report

#2

Upper Iowa University

Fayette, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$19,152 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,798 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Fayette, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

UIU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Upper Iowa University are $19,152, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UIU 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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