2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Idaho” 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 Idaho, there were 586 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,300 and $25,044 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 350 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,676 and $37,720 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Idaho” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Idaho

The colleges and universities below are the best for idaho master’s degree public administration & social service students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Idaho

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$26,566 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Boise, Idaho, and it awarded 265 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

Boise State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boise State are $26,566.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Boise State

#2

Northwest Nazarene University

Nampa, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$11,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the #2 spot on the list. NNU is a small school located in Nampa, Idaho that handed out 39 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

NNU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northwest Nazarene University are $11,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Northwest Nazarene 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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