2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

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 “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin” ranking.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 8 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration and social service programs, but they also cost less that 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Wisconsin

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UW - Madison Public Administration & Social Service Report

#2

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$25,295 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Wisconsin that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee landed the #2 spot on the list. UWM is a large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 3 doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

UWM also made our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Wisconsin” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UWM are $25,295, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

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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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