2023 Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Public Administration is the 60th most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $51,352 and had an average of $29,054 in loans still to pay off.
Across Washington, there were 297 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,075 and $46,644 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 10 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,905 and $22,558 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree vets studying public admin.
Top 1 Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Washington
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Washington for Public Admin for a Bachelor’s list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 10 bachelors’s public admin degrees in 2020-2021.
Seattle U did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list.Our most recent data shows that 39 of the 7,050 students enrolled at Seattle University were GI Bill® students, of which 23 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $9,383. To help with additional expenses, 13 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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