2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the New England Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Public Administration is the 279th most popular major in the country with 721 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , other public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $46,889 and had an average of $30,074 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 50 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,827 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 other public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,593 and $42,781 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in other public administration.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region”.
Top 4 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Public Administration in the New England Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region list. Tufts University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Medford, Massachusetts. It awarded 13 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Worcester State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 0 masters’s other public admin degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s other public admin students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Other Public Admin Major in the New England Region. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s other public admin students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.
