2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Public Administration & Social Service is the 14th most popular major in the country with 97,666 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration and social service graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $39,142 and had an average of $32,304 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 1,136 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,892 and $32,314 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,570 and $105,639 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public administration and social service programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $0-$30k)

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).
• 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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• 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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