by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Alaska, there were 130 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,461 and $38,439 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,855 and $24,086 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in public administration and social service.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s” 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 “Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s list. UAF is a medium-sized public school situated in Fairbanks, Alaska. It awarded 31 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Public Administration & Social Service Major in Alaska for a Bachelor’s list. University of Alaska Anchorage is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 22 bachelors’s public administration and social service degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at University of Alaska Anchorage
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