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2023 Best Value Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$28,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,963 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public administration was ranked #23 in the country. In fact 13,571 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Springfield the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UIS are $16,757 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Michigan University is a great value for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WMU are $26,248 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great value for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great value for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 a year.

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Best Public Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best public administration schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 263
Illinois 440
Ohio 293
Indiana 449
Wisconsin 44

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 5 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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