2025 Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #114 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 79 bachelor's degrees in public administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.

Our complete 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Administration in Michigan

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public administration.

Top Michigan Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Admin

1

Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Central Michigan University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public administration. Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Central Michigan University

2

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public administration needs to take a look at Grand Valley State University. Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Grand Valley State University

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	612	145
Illinois	558	6
Indiana	535	720
Wisconsin	435	45

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Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

Public Administration is one of 3 different types of Public Administration programs to choose from.

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.