2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Missouri, there were 328 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,717 and $37,902 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 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 Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri doctor’s degree public admin students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in Missouri

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mizzou, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k)

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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