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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Rhode Island (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$29,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across Rhode Island, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 34 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

More Ways to Rank Public Administration Schools

The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Rhode Island (With Aid)

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Getting Aid. University of Rhode Island is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 19 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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