2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” 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 North Carolina, there were 427 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,730 and $44,142 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 61 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,192 and $24,368 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in North Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$5,899 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina that handed out 12 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Fayetteville State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Fayetteville State University is $5,899 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students with aid.

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#2

Western Carolina University

Cullowhee, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$13,722 Average Net Price

$58,221 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. WCU is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WCU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Carolina University is $13,722 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students with aid.

Read full report on Public Administration at WCU

#3

Shaw University

Raleigh, North Carolina

#3 in overall quality

$19,244 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Bachelor’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Shaw University landed the #3 spot on the list. Shaw University is a small school located in Raleigh, North Carolina that handed out 2 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Shaw University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for Shaw University is $19,244 for North Carolina Bachelor’s Degree Public Admin students with aid.

Read more about Public Administration at Shaw 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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