2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Wisconsin
3Colleges in Wisconsin
64Public Admin Degrees Awarded
$59,458Avg Early-Career Salary
Public Administration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #60 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 degrees in public administration annually.
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Public Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Administration Schools in Wisconsin list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Public Administration in Wisconsin
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public admin degree levels they offer.
Any student who is interested in public administration has to look into University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Located in the city of La Crosse, UW - La Crosse is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #380 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - La Crosse is a great university overall.
There were approximately 14 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UW - La Crosse in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program earn around $43,632 in the first couple years of working.
It's hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee if you want to pursue a degree in public administration. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 9 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent year we have data available.
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Prepare yourself to make the decisions that best serve a community, its constituents and its economic growth with this specialized business degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in public administration. Located in the city of Oshkosh, UW Oshkosh is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 34th out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 20 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UW Oshkosh in the most recent year we have data available. Public Administration degree recipients from University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh get an earnings boost of about $6,190 over the typical earnings of public administration graduates.
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).
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Public Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
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