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2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
293 Degrees Awarded
$23,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master's in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Jersey, there were 356 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,690 and $44,050 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 293 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,690 and $39,821 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income $48-$75k) in New Jersey

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Teaneck, New Jersey. It awarded 41 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

FDU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus are $10,656.

Read more about Public Administration at FDU

#2

Rutgers University - Newark

Newark, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Newark. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k. Rutgers University - Newark is a public institution located in Newark, New Jersey. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 146 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers Newark not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers Newark are $32,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at Rutgers University - Newark

#3

Rutgers University - Camden

Camden, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - Camden. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k. Rutgers University - Camden is a medium-sized school located in Camden, New Jersey that handed out 32 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Rutgers Camden not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers University - Camden are $31,338, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rutgers University - Camden Public Administration Report

#4

Kean University

Union, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kean University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 34 students in 2019-2020.

Kean also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list, coming in at #5. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kean are $22,318.

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#5

Rider University

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rider University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and it awarded 15 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Rider not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rider are $20,958, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Rider Public Administration Report

#6

Seton Hall University

South Orange, New Jersey

Seton Hall University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in New Jersey For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Seton Hall University is a medium-sized school located in South Orange, New Jersey that handed out 13 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new jersey master’s degree public admin students whose families make $48-$75k list, Seton Hall has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seton Hall University are $25,172, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at Seton Hall University

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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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