by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest 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 Southwest region, there were 1,834 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,251 and $29,257 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1,347 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 38 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree public admin students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Randall University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Randall University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Moore, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Randall University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Southern University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region. This medium-sized school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 48 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Administration at Texas Southern University
Out of the 38 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayland Baptist University landed the #3 spot on the list. Plainview, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 38 students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Wayland Baptist University Public Administration Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Odessa, Texas, and it awarded 28 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Administration at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Edinburg, Texas, this large public school awarded 115 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at UT Rio Grande Valley
St. Mary’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. St. Mary’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Antonio, Texas. It awarded 14 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 full report on Public Administration at St. Mary’s University
University of North Texas at Dallas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of North Texas at Dallas is a small school located in Dallas, Texas that handed out 15 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 5.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Texas A&M International University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M International University is a medium-sized public school situated in Laredo, Texas. It awarded 18 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Public Administration at Texas A&M International University
University of the Southwest landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. University of the Southwest is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
Sul Ross State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Sul Ross State University is a small public school situated in Alpine, Texas. It awarded 5 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Strayer University - Texas came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Strayer University - Texas Public Administration Report
Grand Canyon University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Phoenix, Arizona, and it awarded 221 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 full report on Public Administration at Grand Canyon University
University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 41 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
University of Central Oklahoma did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #14. University of Central Oklahoma is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 20 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Central Oklahoma Public Administration Report
Tarleton State University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 22 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #16, University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. UOPX - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 160 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Phoenix - Arizona Public Administration Report
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas A&M University - College Station is located in College Station, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 106 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 Texas A&M College Station
The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. The University of Texas at San Antonio is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 43 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
Full The University of Texas at Arlington Public Administration Report
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Norman, Oklahoma, this large public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Public Administration at University of Oklahoma
The University of Texas at Tyler landed the #21 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tyler, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Public Administration at The University of Texas at Tyler
Sam Houston State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 22 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sam Houston State University Public Administration Report
With a ranking of #23, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 86 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Arizona State University - Tempe
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it awarded 11 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Texas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #25. Texas State University is a large school located in San Marcos, Texas that handed out 37 masters’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration at Texas State University
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