by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Illinois, there were 446 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,622 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public administration.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree public admin students.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Springfield, Illinois, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Romeoville, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Roosevelt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public admin students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 4 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Blackburn College landed the #3 spot on the list. Blackburn is located in Carlinville, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
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