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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,364 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

The Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 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 value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Roger Williams University the best value school in Rhode Island for public administration students working on their master’s degree. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

RWU graduate students pay an average of $18,406 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

RWU also took the #3 spot in our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Read full report on Public Administration at Roger Williams University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Rhode Island is a great value for public administration students working on their master’s degree. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at URI are $16,322 a year.

URI not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Rhode Island

Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value 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.

  • 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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