2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the other public administration program at the school. 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 Plains States 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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid 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

#2

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 7 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.

Read more about Other Public Administration at WUSTL

• 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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