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2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
2,781 Degrees Awarded
$15,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor's in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arizona, there were 4,249 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,570 and $32,124 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,781 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,194 and $24,661 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Arizona (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this large private for-profit school handed out 692 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona is $12,944 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid.

Full UOPX - Arizona Public Administration & Social Service Report

#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northern Arizona University is a public institution located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 157 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arizona bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students with aid list, NAU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Arizona University is $12,915 for arizona bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Scottsdale, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees to 137 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Skysong, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $13,971 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid per year to attend Arizona State University - Skysong.

Full Arizona State University - Skysong Public Administration & Social Service Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 49 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also took the #5 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $15,016 for arizona bachelor’s degree public administration & social service students with aid per year to attend University of Arizona.

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

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Arizona For Those Getting Aid list. Grand Canyon University is a large school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 1,422 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. It costs about $21,020 for Arizona Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students with aid per year to attend Grand Canyon University.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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