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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in West Virginia

6 Colleges
$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Public Administration Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in West Virginia to see which ones were the most popular programs 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the most popular 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.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in West Virginia list. WVU is a very large public school located in the small city of Morgantown.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in West Virginia list. WVSU is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Institute.

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#4

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

The excellent programs at Shepherd University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in West Virginia. Located in the town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - West Virginia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Strayer University - West Virginia is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Scott Depot.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alderson Broaddus University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Philippi, Alderson Broaddus University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration Schools 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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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