2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Kentucky, there were 1,929 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,729 and $27,086 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 15 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,800 and $117,458 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public administration and social service. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration and social service programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public administration and social service program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Kentucky (With Aid)

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid list. University of Louisville is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 7 doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

UofL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Public Administration & Social Service at University of Louisville

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Doctorate in Kentucky For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #2 spot on the list. UK is a large public school situated in Lexington, Kentucky. It awarded 8 doctorate’s public administration and social service degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at UK

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service (With Aid)

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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