2023 Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Florida 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Florida Gulf Coast University to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. FGCU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Myers.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FGCU are $8,971 a year.
FGCU also made our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Atlantic University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.
FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UCF is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
Out of the 10 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNF is a large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Florida State are $11,553 a year.
Florida State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
Read full report on Public Administration at Florida State University
Florida International University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their master’s degree. USF Tampa is a very large public school located in the city of Tampa.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USF Tampa are $10,428 per year.
Barry University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Barry University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Barry University are $17,910 per year.
Read full report on Public Administration at Barry University
Nova Southeastern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 per year.
Read full report on Public Administration at Nova Southeastern University
Strayer University - Florida landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration programs. Strayer University - Florida is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Tampa.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - Florida are $15,135 a year.
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 |
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Majors Related to Public Admin
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Admin
| 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 10 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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