2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Arizona
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration Master's Degree School for You
Public Administration is the #44 most popular major in Arizona with 621 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. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arizona 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.
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.
Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in Arizona 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 in-state graduate student at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
ASU - Skysong not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list.
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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 Arizona list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Grand Canyon University is ranked #4 for overall quality for public admin in Arizona.
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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
University of Arizona also took the #2 spot in our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona rankings.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in Arizona. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 998 |
| 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 5 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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