If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in public administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #103 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of public administration. Combined, these schools handed out 92 bachelor's degrees in public administration to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public administration students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt public administration students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public administration students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Administration in Arizona
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public administration.
Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Admin
University of Arizona is a great choice for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.
Soon after graduating, public admin bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $39,136 in their early careers.
It is hard to beat University of Phoenix - Arizona if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.
Bachelor's recipients from the public administration degree program at University of Phoenix - Arizona earn $11,327 more than the average college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).