by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 16,905 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 60th most popular in the United States. 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 the Far Western US region, there were 2,595 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,174 and $28,864 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public administration.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern College landed the #1 spot on the list. SWC Chula Vista is located in Chula Vista, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Palomar College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region. Palomar College is a fairly large school located in San Marcos, California that handed out 0 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Indian College landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwest Indian College is a small school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 0 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
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