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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

1 Ranked Colleges
26 Degrees Awarded
$27,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and 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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The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global landed the #1 spot on the list. IWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Marion, Indiana. It awarded 17 associates’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

IWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is $22,207 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Public Admin students whose families make more than $110k.

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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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