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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k

4 Ranked Colleges
526 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Arizona, there were 682 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 526 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for arizona master’s degree public admin students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $75-$110k) in Arizona

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k. UOPX - Arizona is a large private for-profit school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 123 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UOPX - Arizona are $17,096, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Phoenix - Arizona

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Arizona

#3

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k list. Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

NAU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Northern Arizona University are $19,489, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at Northern Arizona University

#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Skysong. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k list. Arizona State University - Skysong is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Skysong did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Skysong are $6,724.

Full ASU - Skysong Public Administration Report

#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 266 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Grand Canyon University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Grand Canyon University are $11,436.

Read more about Public Administration at Grand Canyon University

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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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