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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,106 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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 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.

2023 Best Value 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 value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value 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.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Public Administration at American Public University System

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

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

WVU graduate students pay an average of $10,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Public Administration at West Virginia University

Out of the 3 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. WVSU is a small public school located in the suburb of Institute.

WVSU graduate students pay an average of $9,161 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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