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2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,542 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,728 Avg Salary

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

Public Administration is the #13 most popular major in Arkansas with 172 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas to see which master'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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas

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 Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public Administration

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

A-State graduate students pay an average of $6,422 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

A-State also made our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Public Administration at Arkansas State University - Main Campus

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Arkansas is a great value for public administration students working on their master’s degree. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $9,018 per year.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

Full Public Administration at University of Arkansas Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UA Little Rock are $7,594 a year.

Full Public Administration at University of Arkansas at Little Rock Report

#4

Strayer University - Arkansas

Little Rock, AR

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Arkansas is a great value for public administration students working on their master’s degree. Strayer University - Arkansas is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Little Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - Arkansas are $15,135 a year.

Read full report on Public Administration at Strayer University - Arkansas

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
Florida 638
Georgia 401
North Carolina 379
Tennessee 97
Kentucky 122
Louisiana 113
Alabama 378
South Carolina 88
Mississippi 84
West Virginia 132

Public Administration is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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