2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Alaska 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 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 Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 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.

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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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 Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for alaska master’s degree public admin students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Alaska (With Aid)

#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 Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid. Juneau, Alaska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s public admin degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

UAS not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAS are $25,017, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at University of Alaska Southeast

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

$24,496 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Anchorage. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Getting Aid. Located in Anchorage, Alaska, this fairly large public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Alaska Anchorage are $24,496, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at UAA

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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