by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Pennsylvania, there were 488 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,877 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,741 and $27,572 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manor College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania. Manor College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point Park University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania. Point Park is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania landed the #3 spot on the list. Kutztown University is a medium-sized school located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania that handed out 7 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Kutztown University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania list. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a public institution located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Francis University landed the #5 spot on the list. Loretto, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s public admin degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Villanova University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Villanova University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%.
Read more about Public Administration at Villanova University
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking. Pitt is a large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Pittsburgh - Bradford landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Pennsylvania ranking. This small school is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at University of Pittsburgh - Bradford
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