2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across District of Columbia, there were 276 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,324 and $136,457 respectively.

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 Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in District of Columbia

#1

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in District of Columbia For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. The American University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 doctorate’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at American University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k)

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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