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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

4 Ranked Colleges
113 Degrees Awarded
$22,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking.

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

Across Connecticut, there were 120 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 113 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Connecticut

#1

Post University

Waterbury, Connecticut
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

Post University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Post University are $7,700.

Read full report on Public Administration at Post University

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 47 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Connecticut

#3

Albertus Magnus College

New Haven, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Albertus Magnus College landed the #3 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Albertus Magnus not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Albertus Magnus College are $21,304, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at Albertus Magnus

#4

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of New Haven is a medium-sized school located in West Haven, Connecticut that handed out 17 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Haven are $17,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of New Haven Public Administration Report

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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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