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Best Value Other Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$40,235 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Public Administration Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Other Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's degree 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.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Other Public Administration

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named San Diego State University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for other public administration students working on their master’s degree. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SDSU are $19,074 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, USC also is in the top 10% of our Best Other Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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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 2 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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