2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Public Administration in North Carolina

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in public administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #101 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Public Administration in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 61 bachelor's degrees in public administration to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Public Administration School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in public admin matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Public Administration in North Carolina ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of public administration students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for public administration.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Administration in North Carolina

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public administration.

Most Well Attended Schools for Public Admin Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC

45 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in public administration has to take a look at Western Carolina University. WCU is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Cullowhee. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in public administration in North Carolina.

There were roughly 45 public administration individuals who graduated with this degree at WCU in the most recent data year.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the public admin program make about $48,300 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Western Carolina University

2

Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville, NC

12 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Fayetteville State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the midsize city of Fayetteville, Fayetteville State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in public administration in North Carolina.

There were about 12 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Fayetteville State University in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Fayetteville State University

3

Shaw University
Raleigh, NC

2 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Shaw University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the city of Raleigh, Shaw University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in public administration in North Carolina.

There were roughly 2 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Shaw University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Shaw University

3

Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC

2 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Campbell University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration. Campbell is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the town of Buies Creek.

There were about 2 public administration individuals who graduated with this degree at Campbell in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Campbell University

5

Elon University
Elon, NC

Located in the medium-sized suburb of Elon, Elon is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Elon University

 

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	220	0
Florida	214	365
Tennessee	209	11
Virginia	206	101
Alabama	183	27
Kentucky	177	1
Arkansas	164	10
Louisiana	163	11
Mississippi	158	1

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Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

One of 5 majors within the Public Administration & Social Service area of study, Public Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Admin Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	61

Majors Similar to Public Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	957
Public Policy	401
Human Services	107
Other Public Administration	14
Community Organization & Advocacy	11

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream. More about our data sources and methodologies.