2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 3,466 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 58 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Hudson Valley Community College

Troy, New York

#1 in overall quality

$7,690 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hudson Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Hudson Valley Community College is located in Troy, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

HVCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for HVCC is $7,690 for middle atlantic region associate degree public admin students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, New York

#2 in overall quality

$6,404 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Medgar Evers College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 27 degrees to qualified associates’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

Medgar did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Medgar Evers College is $6,404 for middle atlantic region associate degree public admin students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Public Administration at Medgar Evers College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k)

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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