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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Oregon (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 97,666 people earned their degree in public administration and social service, making the major the 14th most popular in the United States. 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 Oregon, there were 917 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,891 and $35,022 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon doctor’s degree public administration & social service students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Portland State University are $23,784, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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).
  • 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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