2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Michigan
7Colleges in Michigan
358Public Admin Degrees Awarded
$59,458Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in public administration is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #60 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Public Administration Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 358 degrees in public administration annually.
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Public Administration Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Public Administration in Michigan
The schools below may not offer all types of public admin degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Every student who is interested in public administration needs to look into Central Michigan University. Central Michigan is a large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. A Best Colleges rank of #346 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Central Michigan is a great university overall.
There were about 78 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available. Public Administration degree recipients from Central Michigan University get an earnings boost of about $7,775 over the average earnings of public administration majors.
Grand Valley State University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in public administration. Located in the town of Allendale, GVSU is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #342 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GVSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 88 public administration students who graduated with this degree at GVSU in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, public admin degree recipients generally make around $44,222 in the first five years of their career.
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Prepare yourself to make the decisions that best serve a community, its constituents and its economic growth with this specialized business degree from Southern New Hampshire University.
Every student pursuing a degree in public administration needs to take a look at Oakland University. Oakland is a large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills. This university ranks 10th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 28 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent data year. After graduation, public admin degree recipients usually make about $55,254 in the first five years of their career.
Wayne State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in public administration. Wayne State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Detroit. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 40 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the public admin program earn around $47,415 for their early career.
Eastern Michigan is a large public university located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti. This university ranks 15th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 28 public administration students who graduated with this degree at Eastern Michigan in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the public admin program report average early career income of $60,337.
Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 public administration students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the public admin program report average early career wages of $58,501.
UM Flint is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Flint. This university ranks 36th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were roughly 29 public administration students who graduated with this degree at UM Flint in the most recent year we have data available. Public Administration degree recipients from University of Michigan - Flint earn a boost of about $3,035 over the average earnings of public administration graduates.
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).
Your choice of public administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for public administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
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