2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 47th most popular in the United States.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 454 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,758 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 15 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

WCUPA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WCUPA are $16,758, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at WCUPA

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $0-$30k)

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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