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2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southwest Region

7 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$9,200 Avg Cost*
Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region

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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 the Southwest region, there were 1,834 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,251 and $29,257 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 22 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,810 and $18,681 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public administration program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree public admin students.

Top 7 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southwest Region

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Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navajo Technical University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lamar Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region. Lamar Institute of Technology is a small school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 6 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

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San Antonio College
San Antonio, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. San Antonio College is a fairly large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 10 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

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Tyler Junior College
Tyler, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tyler Junior College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Tyler Junior College is located in Tyler, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

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South Texas College
McAllen, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Texas College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in McAllen, Texas, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration at South Texas College

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Kilgore College
Kilgore, Texas

With a ranking of #6, Kilgore College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Kilgore College is a medium-sized school located in Kilgore, Texas that handed out 0 associates’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Public Administration at Kilgore College

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Central Arizona College
Coolidge, Arizona

Central Arizona College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Pinal County Community College is located in Coolidge, Arizona and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

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