2023 Most Popular Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
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.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Administration Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Administration Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Most Popular Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Public Administration
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Of the 15 students majoring in public admin at Capella University, 53% are male and 47% are female.
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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 88% of the students majoring in public admin at the school are women while 13% are male.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Omaha. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.
Women make up 60% of the public admin majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hamline University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 67% of the public admin majors at the school.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree public administration programs. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Kansas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public administration students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
Best Public Administration Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 314 |
Minnesota | 496 |
Iowa | 64 |
Kansas | 130 |
Nebraska | 108 |
North Dakota | 15 |
South Dakota | 37 |
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 |
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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 7 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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