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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Rhode Island

3 Colleges
$54,857 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration 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 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration program at each school on the list.

Check out the public admin programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Rhode Island.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the most popular school in Rhode Island for public administration students. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

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The excellent programs at Roger Williams University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration schools in Rhode Island. RWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bristol.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Online is a great place for public administration students. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Full Public Administration at Johnson & Wales University - Online Report

Best Public Administration Colleges in the New England Region

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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 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).
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