2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont

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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 98,583 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,520 and had an average of $27,642 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 233 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,061 and $15,692 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,031 and $14,660 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their public administration and social service program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont associate degree public administration & social service students.

Top 2 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Vermont

1

Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, Vermont

#11 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Vermont landed the #1 spot on the list. Community College of Vermont is a medium-sized school located in Montpelier, Vermont that handed out 49 associates’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Community College of Vermont

2

Northern Vermont University
Johnson, Vermont

#10 overall quality in Vermont

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 2 associates’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

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