2023 Best Value Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree School for You
Public Administration is the #59 most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for public admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Public Administration
Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the best value school in the New England Region for public administration students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SNHU are $15,380 per year. The average amount in student loans that public admin majors at SNHU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $31,776.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Plymouth State University is a great value for public administration students working on their bachelor’s degree. Plymouth State is a small public school located in the remote town of Plymouth.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Plymouth State are $24,432 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RIC are $25,900 a year. Public Admin majors at RIC take out an average of $20,366 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Roger Williams University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 510 |
| Connecticut | 135 |
| New Hampshire | 61 |
| Maine | 16 |
| Rhode Island | 55 |
| Vermont | 40 |
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Majors Related to Public Admin
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Admin
| 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 4 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).
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