2024 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

Public Administration is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #13 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 70 master's degrees in public administration to qualified students.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public administration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other public administration students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.

Our full 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Kansas list to help you make the college decision.

 

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public administration.

Top Kansas Schools for a Master's in Public Admin

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public administration has to look into University of Kansas. KU is a very large public university located in the city of Lawrence.More information about a master’s in public administration from University of Kansas

2

Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Wichita State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public administration. WSU is a large public university located in the large city of Wichita.More information about a master’s in public administration from Wichita State University

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	361	294
Minnesota	355	322
Iowa	298	62
Nebraska	211	90
North Dakota	167	14
South Dakota	130	20

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Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

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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.