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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 4 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,400 and $20,184 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other public administration programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Virginia 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 Virginia For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,440 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Read more about Other Public Administration at GMU

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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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