Public Administration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #103 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of public administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 bachelor's degrees in public administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.
Choosing a Great Public Administration School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of public administration for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality public admin program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public administration students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How much debt public administration students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public administration related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public administration students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Administration in the Plains States Region
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public administration.
Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Admin
Upper Iowa University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the rural area of Fayette, UIU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.
Bachelor's recipients from the public administration degree program at Upper Iowa University make $11,114 above the average graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Park University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Park University
Best Public Administration Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).