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 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Grand Canyon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the city of Beaumont.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 per year.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 per year.
UT Rio Grande Valley also claimed a spot on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly 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.
Texas Tech excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked 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 ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Plainview.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayland Baptist University are $15,232 per year.
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Tarleton State University 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 #7 on the list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stephenville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Tarleton are $15,031 a 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 large city of El Paso.
UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their master’s degree. 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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With a ranking of #10, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Request InformationBest Public Administration Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration colleges 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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