2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in New Hampshire

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. 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 New Hampshire, there were 56 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

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

#1

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$56,641 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large school located in Durham, New Hampshire that handed out 7 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $30-$48k) in the New England 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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