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2023 Best Value Public Administration Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,097 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,424 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration 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 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 West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in West Virginia 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.

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 Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the best value school in West Virginia for public administration students. 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 undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year.

American Military University also made our Best Public Administration Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #1.

Full Public Administration at American Public University System Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

The excellent programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in West Virginia. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WVU is ranked #5 for overall quality for public admin in West Virginia.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Virginia State University is a great value for public administration students. WVSU is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Institute.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVSU are $8,833 per year.

Read full report on Public Administration at West Virginia State University

Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Colleges 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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