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2023 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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$52,728 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Master's Degree School for You

Public Administration is the #30 most popular major in Rhode Island with 42 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the public admin master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Master's in Public Administration

Our analysis found Roger Williams University to be the best school for public administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bristol.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in Rhode Island. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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Best Public Administration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 509
Connecticut 135
New Hampshire 23
Maine 0
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 33,631
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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