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2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$33,363 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$78,881 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Public Administration School for You

Other Public Administration is the #279 most popular major in the country with 588 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for other public admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for other public admin majors pursuing a .

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Public Administration

#1

San Diego City College

San Diego, CA
$8,512 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego City College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for other public administration students. Located in the large city of San Diego, San Diego City College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

San Diego City College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,512 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA
$20,016 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region list. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

SDSU undergraduate students pay an average of $20,016 in tuition and fees each year.

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$27,447 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the city of Portland.

Portland State University undergraduate students pay an average of $27,447 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

USC undergraduate students pay an average of $61,503 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, USC also did well on our Best Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Other Public Administration at University of Southern California Report

#5

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seattle U are $49,335 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Seattle U also did well on our Best Other Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Other Public Administration at Seattle University Report

Best Other Public Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best other public administration schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 39
Washington 6
Oregon 1

Other Public Administration is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Other Public Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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