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2023 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia

3 Colleges
$52,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Master's Degree School for You

Public Administration is the #49 most popular major in West Virginia with 132 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

Check out the public admin master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top West Virginia Schools for a Master's in Public Administration

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best school for public administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great place for public administration students working on their master’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at West Virginia State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in West Virginia. WVSU is a small public school located in the suburb of Institute.

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Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 401
Virginia 602
North Carolina 469
Florida 1,032
Tennessee 107
Kentucky 123
South Carolina 88
Louisiana 121
Arkansas 186
Alabama 396
Mississippi 84

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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