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

7 Ranked Colleges
498 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master's in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid

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 “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Wisconsin, there were 1,451 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 498 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in public administration and social service. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration and social service programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Wisconsin (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. UW - Madison is located in Madison, Wisconsin and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 210 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at University of Wisconsin - Madison

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wisconsin - Green Bay is a public institution located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Green Bay also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Green Bay are $19,126, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Public Administration & Social Service Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid. Located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this fairly large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

UW Oshkosh also took the #6 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Oshkosh are $18,744, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Public Administration & Social Service Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public administration and social service degrees to 139 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our wisconsin master’s degree public administration & social service students with aid list, UWM has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full UWM Public Administration & Social Service Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater landed the #5 spot on the list. Whitewater, Wisconsin is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public administration and social service degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Whitewater also took the #4 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Whitewater are $19,200.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at UW - Whitewater

Concordia University, Wisconsin ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Wisconsin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,460, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Concordia University, Wisconsin Public Administration & Social Service Report

#7

Marquette University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#2 in overall quality

Marquette University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Wisconsin For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Marquette is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 8 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marquette, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marquette University are $21,690, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Marquette Public Administration & Social Service Report

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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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