2024 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Delaware

If you pursue a master's degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #13 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Delaware to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 master's degrees in public administration during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public administration students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Administration Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Delaware ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Delaware

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public administration.

Top Delaware Schools for a Master's in Public Admin

1

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Delaware if you want to pursue a master's degree in public administration. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in public administration from University of Delaware

2

Delaware State University
Dover, DE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Delaware State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public administration. Del State is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Dover.More information about a master’s in public administration from Delaware State University

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	1,556
Pennsylvania	607	360
Maryland	363	149
New Jersey	346	313
District of Columbia	334	283

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Admin

Public Administration is one of 3 different types of Public Administration programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.