2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Montana (With 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 Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Montana, there were 138 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,800 and $34,418 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 66 public administration and social service graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 60 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’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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