If you pursue a master's degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Louisiana to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 120 master's degrees in public administration to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Public Administration School for Your Master's Degree
The public admin master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public administration students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt public administration students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
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 master's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Louisiana
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for public administration students seeking a a master's degree.
Top Louisiana Schools for a Master's in Public Admin
University of Louisiana at Monroe is a wonderful decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in public administration. ULM is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Monroe.
Those public administration students who get their master's degree from University of Louisiana at Monroe receive $3,342 more than the standard public admin student.
Southern University and A & M College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in public administration. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Southern University and A & M College is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Students who graduate with their master's from the public admin program report average early career earnings of $41,523.
Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in public administration has to take a look at Grambling State University. Located in the distant town of Grambling, GSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
Master's students who receive their degree from the public admin program make an average of $38,531 for their early career.
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).
The public admin master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
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