2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Mississippi

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi” 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 Mississippi, there were 84 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,617 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 2 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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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Mississippi

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Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this medium-sized public school awarded 14 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public admin students in 2020-2021.

Full Jackson State Public Administration Report

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 13 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Public Administration at Mississippi State

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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