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2023 Best Value Public Administration Schools in Delaware

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,689 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$47,924 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration School for You

With 29 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #79 most popular major in Delaware.

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 Schools in Delaware ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Delaware to see which 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.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Schools in Delaware

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public admin majors pursuing a .

Best Delaware Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Administration

$8,358 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delaware State University to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a degree in Delaware. Located in the small city of Dover, Del State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Del State undergraduate students pay an average of $8,358 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Del State is ranked #4 for overall quality for public admin in Delaware.

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$15,020 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Schools in Delaware list. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UD are $15,020 per year.

UD did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Public Administration Schools in Delaware list.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 483
New York 1,899
Maryland 254
New Jersey 403
District of Columbia 292

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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