2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 457 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Illinois

#1

University of Illinois at Springfield

Springfield, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$16,757 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Springfield, Illinois, and it awarded 8 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UIS did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIS are $16,757, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Illinois at Springfield Public Administration Report

#2

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Chicago, Illinois, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UIC also made our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k)

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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