2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Colorado

Public Administration is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #49 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Colorado to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public administration. Combined, these schools handed out 200 degrees in public administration to qualified students.

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Pick Your Public Administration 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 Colorado 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 Colorado

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 Colorado Schools in Public Admin

1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

125 Public Admin Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in public administration. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in public administration from University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Colorado State University - Fort Collins is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in public administration. Colorado State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Fort Collins.More information about a degree in public administration from Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	178
Idaho	446	57
Montana	340	43
Wyoming	278	21

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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.