2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 821 people earned their degree in other public administration, making the major the 253rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, other public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $50,583 and had an average of $32,856 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 28 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,000 and $85,737 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

$56,562 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other public admin degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Washington University in St Louis Other Public Administration Report

#2

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$50,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large school located in Springfield, Missouri that handed out 8 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Other Public Administration at Missouri State University - Springfield

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration (Income $75-$110k)

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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