2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in Delaware

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Delaware, there were 477 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,433 and $33,695 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,767 and $24,717 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in Delaware

#1

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

#1 in overall quality

$14,622 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Newark, Delaware, this large public school handed out 133 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

UD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. It costs about $14,622 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Delaware.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware

#2 in overall quality

$14,529 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Bachelor’s in Delaware For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Delaware State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s public administration and social service students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Del State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Delaware” ranking. It costs about $14,529 for Delaware Bachelor’s Degree Public Administration & Social Service students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Delaware State University.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (Income $48-$75k)

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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