2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

Public Administration is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Pennsylvania, there were 454 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,978 and $48,486 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Pennsylvania

#1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,758 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Chester University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Pennsylvania For Those Making $30-$48k list. West Chester, Pennsylvania is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public admin degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

WCUPA also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Chester University of Pennsylvania are $16,758, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k)

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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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