2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Tennessee, there were 124 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $45,525 and $55,229 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and 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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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Tennessee State University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$20,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tennessee State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Doctorate in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid list. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public admin degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Tennessee State University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tennessee State University are $20,860, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at Tennessee State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (With Aid)

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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