2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington

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Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Washington, there were 1,326 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,301 and $25,474 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration and social service. That schools that top this list have a program in public administration and social service in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Washington

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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Walla Walla University
College Place, Washington

#21 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Walla Walla University landed the #2 spot on the list. Walla Walla U is a private not-for-profit institution located in College Place, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 94 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Walla Walla University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in the Far Western US Region
• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service

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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