2025 Best Public Administration Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
322Public Admin Degrees Awarded
$59,458Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in public administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #60 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Public Administration Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 322 degrees in public administration to qualified students.
The public admin program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Administration rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Administration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Public Administration in New Jersey
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the public admin degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in public administration has to take a look at Rutgers University - Newark. Rutgers Newark is a large public university located in the city of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #164 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers Newark is a great university overall.
There were about 134 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Newark in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program make an average of $58,428 in the first couple years of their career.
Rutgers University - Camden is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public administration. Located in the small city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #248 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers Camden is a great university overall.
There were about 33 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers Camden in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the public admin program make an average of $58,428 for their early career.
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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.
Centenary University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public administration. Located in the large suburb of Hackettstown, Centenary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 11 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Centenary in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat Kean University if you want to pursue a degree in public administration. Kean is a large public university located in the suburb of Union. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 67 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the public admin program report average early career earnings of $50,570.
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).
The public admin program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Public Administration rankings. We derive our Best Overall Public Administration School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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