2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Minnesota

Public Administration & Social Service is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #15 out of the 33 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the most popular for public administration and social service students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 359 doctor's degrees in public administration and social service during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Public Administration & Social Service School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in public administration and social service matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Minnesota ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of public administration and social service students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for public administration and social service.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Public Administration & Social Service in Minnesota

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in public administration and social service.

Most Well Attended Schools for Public Administration & Social Service Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Walden University
Minneapolis, MN

226 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Walden University is a popular option for students interested in a doctor's degree in public administration and social service. Walden University is a very large private for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in public administration and social service in Minnesota.

There were roughly 226 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at Walden University in the most recent data year.

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2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

110 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in public administration and social service needs to take a look at Capella University. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in public administration and social service in Minnesota.

There were roughly 110 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at Capella University in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public administration and social service from Capella University

3

University of St Thomas Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN

15 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in public administration and social service has to check out University of St Thomas Minnesota. UST MN is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in public administration and social service in Minnesota.

There were about 15 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at UST MN in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in public administration and social service from University of St Thomas Minnesota

4

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

7 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in public administration and social service needs to take a look at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in public administration and social service in Minnesota.

There were about 7 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public administration and social service from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

5

Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Hamline is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for doctor's degrees in public administration and social service in Minnesota.

There were about 1 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at Hamline in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in public administration and social service from Hamline University

 

Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Iowa	27	1
Missouri	27	21
Kansas	25	6
Nebraska	23	5

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Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	184
Social Work	111
Human Services	57
Other Public Administration	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Legal Professions	666
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	103

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley. More about our data sources and methodologies.