2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Arkansas

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Public Administration is the 49th most popular major in the country with 15,999 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Arkansas, there were 173 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 145 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,230 and $39,384 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in public administration.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas”.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Arkansas

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Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, Arkansas

#4 overall quality in Arkansas

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. A-State is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 102 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Arkansas State University - Main Campus Public Administration Report

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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia, Arkansas

#18 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 16 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2021-2022.

Read full report on Public Administration at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas

#11 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas list. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, this medium-sized public school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Public Administration at University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 overall quality in Arkansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Public Admin Major in Arkansas. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Arkansas

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.