2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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 Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in West Virginia 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration
Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for public administration students working on their master’s degree. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at American Military University are $7,050 a year.
American Military University also made our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #2.
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Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WVU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WVU are $10,332 per year.
WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.
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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 value public administration schools in West Virginia. WVSU is a small public school located in the suburb of Institute.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WVSU are $9,161 a year.
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Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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Public Administration Related Majors for Public Admin
Public Administration is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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