2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration Master'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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 26 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master'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.
Top 10 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for public administration students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lamar University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the city of Edinburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Rio Grande Valley also did well on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in the Southwest Region . Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Wayland Baptist University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration programs. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Plainview.
Wayland Baptist University graduate students pay an average of $15,232 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Tarleton State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their master’s degree. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.
Tarleton graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their master’s degree. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.
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University of North Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $15,600 per year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration programs. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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Explore the best public administration schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 998 |
| Arizona | 621 |
| Oklahoma | 80 |
| New Mexico | 55 |
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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 25 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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