Public Administration is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #60 most popular degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 142 degrees in public administration to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Schools in Kansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the public admin degree levels they offer.
University of Kansas is a great decision for students interested in a degree in public administration. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public university with a very large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the public admin program state that they receive average early career wages of $58,188.
It's difficult to beat Wichita State University if you wish to pursue a degree in public administration. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public university with a large student population.
Graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program earn around $52,982 for their early career.
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).