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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas

7 Colleges
$51,111 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration School for You

In 2020-2021, 147 degrees and certificates were awarded to public administration students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #59 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Kansas to see which 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 Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Wichita State University the most popular school in Kansas for public administration students. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Wichita.

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#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in Kansas. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

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#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washburn University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas list. Washburn University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Topeka.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Barton County Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas list. Barton Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Great Bend.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ottawa University - Online. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas list. Ottawa University - Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ottawa.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MidAmerica Nazarene University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Kansas list. MNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Olathe.

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Best Public Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 368
Minnesota 504
Iowa 114
Nebraska 110
North Dakota 24
South Dakota 37

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 7 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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