2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 the Great Lakes region, there were 2,650 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,951 and $36,038 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 26 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree public admin students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

Marion, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$23,367 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #1 spot on the list. Marion, Indiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s public admin degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

IWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $23,367 for great lakes region associate degree public admin students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend IWU.

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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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