2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Idaho

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Idaho to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 90 degrees in public administration annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Public Administration Schools List

Public Administration Rankings by Degree Level

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 Idaho ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Public Administration in Idaho

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.

Top Idaho Schools in Public Admin

1

Boise State University
Boise, ID

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Public Admin Degrees Awarded

27.5% Growth in Graduates

Boise State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public administration. Boise State is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

Graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program make an average of $55,582 for their early career.

More information about a degree in public administration from Boise State University

2

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21.7% Growth in Graduates

Brigham Young University - Idaho is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in public administration. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Rexburg.More information about a degree in public administration from Brigham Young University - Idaho

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	275	221
Utah	266	178
Montana	188	43
Wyoming	162	21

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Admin

Public Administration is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Public Admin Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	90

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Most Popular Majors Related to Public Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Public Administration	12
Public Policy	2

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Notes and References

• 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).
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