2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in Alaska 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 Alaska, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 32 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

This year’s “Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Southeast

Juneau, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$25,017 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Southeast. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k. University of Alaska Southeast is a public institution located in Juneau, Alaska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAS also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAS are $25,017, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration at UAS

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the #2 spot on the list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

UAA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAA are $24,496, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage Public Administration Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (Income Over $110k)

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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