2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in Nevada 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 Nevada, there were 75 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,733 and $35,707 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,581 and $45,224 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in Nevada

#1

University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

#1 in overall quality

$21,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$55,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Las Vegas, Nevada, this large public school handed out 41 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

UNLV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Nevada - Las Vegas are $21,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at UNLV

#2

University of Nevada - Reno

Reno, Nevada

$21,971 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$52,941 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Nevada For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the #2 spot on the list. UNR is a public institution located in Reno, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UNR did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Nevada” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNR are $21,971.

Full UNR Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’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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