2023 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in Delaware
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Ranked Colleges
29
Degrees Awarded
$16,900
Avg Net Price*
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 in Delaware” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Public Administration is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.
Across Delaware, there were 29 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,924 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
More Ways to Rank Public Administration Schools
The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware.
Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Public Administration in Delaware
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 11 ’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Del State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Schools in Delaware” list. The yearly cost to attend Del State is $14,866 for Delaware Public Admin students.
Full Delaware State University Public Administration Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools in Delaware that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Newark, Delaware, and it awarded 18 ’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UD, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Schools in Delaware” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Delaware is $18,967 for Delaware Public Admin students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full University of Delaware 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
- *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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