2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Montana

Public Administration is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #16 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Montana to determine which ones were the most popular for public administration students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 master's degrees in public administration during the 2019-2020 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Other Rankings

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Montana

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in public administration.

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

1

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

34 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at The University of Montana if you want to pursue a master's degree in public administration. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in public administration in Montana.

After graduating, public admin master's recipients usually make about $42,400 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a master’s in public administration from The University of Montana

2

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

6 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Montana State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in public administration. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public university located in the town of Bozeman. More information about a master’s in public administration from Montana State University

 

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Colorado	172	149
Utah	150	219
Idaho	95	35
Wyoming	57	16

View All Rankings >

Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

Public Administration is one of 5 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Public Admin Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	40

Majors Similar to Public Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	26

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.