by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Rhode Island, there were 456 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,535 and $19,483 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 190 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,718 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized public school handed out 82 diplomas to qualified masters’s public administration and social service students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 59 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Brown University Public Administration & Social Service Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Roger Williams University landed the #3 spot on the list. RWU is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 masters’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at Roger Williams University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the #4 spot on the list. JWU Online is a small school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 4 masters’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Johnson & Wales University - Online
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Administration & Social Service Major in Rhode Island list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 31 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at University of Rhode Island
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