2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Oregon (With 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 Master’s in Oregon 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 Oregon, there were 126 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,450 and $37,642 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

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

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

#2 in overall quality

$23,784 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland State University is a large public school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 53 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at Portland State University

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$29,991 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$46,560 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #2 spot on the list. UO is a large school located in Eugene, Oregon that handed out 11 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oregon are $29,991.

Read full report on Public Administration at UO

• 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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