2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Alaska

A master's degree in public administration and social service is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #5 out of 37 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Alaska to determine which ones were the most popular for public administration and social service students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 69 master's degrees in public administration and social service to qualified students.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in public administration and social service matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Public Administration & Social Service in Alaska ranking is to help you make that choice.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for public administration and social service, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

More Ways to Rank Public Administration & Social Service Schools

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for public administration and social service.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration & Social Service in Alaska

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

Most Well Attended Schools for Public Administration & Social Service Students Working on Their Master's

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University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK

37 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In AK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of Alaska Anchorage is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in public administration and social service. UAA is a large public university located in the city of Anchorage. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in public administration and social service in Alaska.

There were approximately 37 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at UAA in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in public administration and social service from University of Alaska Anchorage

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University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, AK

25 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In AK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Alaska Southeast if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public administration and social service. Located in the town of Juneau, UAS is a public university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in public administration and social service in Alaska.

There were about 25 public administration and social service students who graduated with this degree at UAS in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in public administration and social service from University of Alaska Southeast

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University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK

7 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In AK

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Alaska Fairbanks if you want to pursue a master's degree in public administration and social service. UAF is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Fairbanks. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in public administration and social service in Alaska.

There were about 7 public administration and social service individuals who graduated with this degree at UAF in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in public administration and social service from University of Alaska Fairbanks

 

Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	32	5,583
Washington	31	868
Oregon	29	410
Hawaii	27	142
Nevada	26	246

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Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	32
Social Work	30
Community Organization & Advocacy	7

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	19
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	5

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.