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Most Popular Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Public Administration Associate 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. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Public Administration Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Administration Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Maine at Augusta to be the most popular school for public administration students who want to pursue a associate degree in the New England Region . UMA is a small public school located in the distant town of Augusta.

Women make up 50% of the public admin majors at the school.

Full Public Administration at University of Maine at Augusta Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Maine at Fort Kent is a great place for public administration students working on their associate degree. UMFK is a small public school located in the remote area of Fort Kent.

Full Public Administration at University of Maine at Fort Kent Report

Best Public Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best public administration colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 510
Connecticut 135
New Hampshire 61
Maine 16
Rhode Island 55
Vermont 40

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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