2021 Best Public Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Public Administration Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in public admin. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
Check out the public admin programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Public Administration Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Barry University has taken the #1 spot in this year's public administration ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Barry University, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. Approximately 1,337 students take at least one class online at Barry University. 2,387 students are part time.
George Mason University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax. GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region list.
About 0.8% of GMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 21,490 students take at least one class online at GMU. 12,712 of GMU students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Florida International University. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami. As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.0%. There are approximately 21,632 students at FIU that take at least one class online. 22,664 of FIU students are attending part time.
Western Carolina University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a large student population. WCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region list.
About 2.3% of WCU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,568 students take at least one class online at WCU. About 2,712 of the students at WCU are attending part time.
James Madison University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, JMU has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at JMU is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,740 students take at least one class online at JMU. 2,328 of JMU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Florida Atlantic University as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a fairly large student population. FAU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region list.
About 1.4% of FAU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 14,436 students at FAU that take at least one class online. About 11,860 of the students at FAU are attending part time.
Auburn University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Auburn has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 11,718 students take at least one class online at Auburn. There are roughly 5,257 part time students in attendance at Auburn.
Our rankings recognize Flagler College - St Augustine as the #8 school in this year's rankings. Flagler St. Augustine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Augustine. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Flagler St. Augustine, the school also landed the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 1.5% of Flagler St. Augustine students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 433 students take at least one class online at Flagler St. Augustine. 98 students are part time.
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).
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