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

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 Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Maryland, there were 292 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,400 and $50,634 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 168 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 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.

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 Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$59,425 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$82,126 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 43 degrees to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425.

Full Johns Hopkins University Public Administration Report

#2

Bowie State University

Bowie, Maryland

#3 in overall quality

$15,281 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowie State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Bowie, Maryland. It awarded 30 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Bowie State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Bowie State University are $15,281.

Read more about Public Administration at Bowie State University

#3

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$21,614 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$61,110 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small public school awarded 90 diplomas to qualified masters’s public admin students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Baltimore are $21,614, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Public Administration at UB

#4

Strayer University - Maryland

Suitland, Maryland

$15,135 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Maryland. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Suitland, Maryland, and it awarded 4 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Maryland also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Strayer University - Maryland are $15,135, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at Strayer University - Maryland

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Middle Atlantic 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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