2025 Best Public Administration Schools in West Virginia

If you pursue a degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #49 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of public administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 105 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

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 Schools in West Virginia list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Public Administration in West Virginia

The schools below may not offer all types of public admin degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top West Virginia Schools in Public Admin

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in public administration has to take a look at West Virginia University. WVU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Morgantown.More information about a degree in public administration from West Virginia University

2

West Virginia State University
Institute, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in public administration has to look into West Virginia State University. Located in the midsize suburb of Institute, WVSU is a public university with a small student population.More information about a degree in public administration from West Virginia State University

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	715	926
North Carolina	710	436
Georgia	690	399
Virginia	630	523
Tennessee	624	81
South Carolina	530	83
Kentucky	518	118
Mississippi	501	80
Alabama	500	358
Louisiana	489	121
Arkansas	466	179

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Admin

One of 3 majors within the Public Administration area of study, Public Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.