2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Public Administration is the 253rd most popular major in the country with 821 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Southeast region, there were 194 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,300 and $36,536 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Central Florida

Orlando, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$28,657 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Orlando, Florida, and it awarded 14 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UCF also made our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCF are $28,657, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Other Public Administration at UCF

#2

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$14,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. UA Little Rock is a public institution located in Little Rock, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Little Rock, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas at Little Rock are $14,884.

Read more about Other Public Administration at UA Little Rock

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s other public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full GMU Other Public Administration Report

#4

Alabama State University

Montgomery, Alabama

$17,572 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,701 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alabama State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s other public admin students in 2019-2020.

Alabama State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alabama State are $17,572, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Alabama State Other Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration (With Aid)

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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