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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 North Carolina, there were 469 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,458 and $18,429 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular public administration programs in the United States.
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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 North Carolina 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 north carolina bachelor’s degree public admin students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Western Carolina University is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 76 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Fayetteville State University is a public institution located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shaw University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Shaw University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Elon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Elon is a medium-sized school located in Elon, North Carolina that handed out 1 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Campbell University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. Campbell University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Buies Creek, North Carolina. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration at Campbell University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mars Hill University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Admin Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s list. Mars Hill is a small school located in Mars Hill, North Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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