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Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Alaska

2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Alaska

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,233 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,728 Avg Salary

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

With 34 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #27 most popular major in Alaska.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alaska to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Alaska Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best value school in Alaska for public administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

UAA graduate students pay an average of $12,148 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UAA is ranked #2 for overall quality for public admin in Alaska.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in Alaska. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAS are $12,318 per year.

UAS also made our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,883
Washington 297
Oregon 117
Nevada 78
Hawaii 186

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 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).
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