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2023 Best Value Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,784 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$67,963 Avg Salary

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

Public Administration is the #18 most popular major in Florida with 638 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Florida 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in Florida

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public admin majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public Administration

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Florida Atlantic University the best value school in Florida for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.

Full Public Administration at Florida Atlantic University Report

#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Florida State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in Florida. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $11,553 per year.

Read full report on Public Administration at Florida State University

Out of the 3 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FIU are $11,106 a year.

Full Public Administration at Florida International University Report

Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 489
Georgia 401
North Carolina 379
Tennessee 97
Kentucky 122
Louisiana 113
Alabama 378
South Carolina 88
Mississippi 84
Arkansas 172
West Virginia 132

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 3 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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