2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region
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Public Administration is the #23 most popular major in the country with 13,571 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 38 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Administration Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Public Administration Schools
Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for public administration students who want to pursue a degree in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.
Out of the 38 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public administration students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public administration students. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public administration students. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.
Texas Southern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for public administration students. It came in at #9 on the list. TSU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Houston.
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University of North Texas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Administration Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
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Best Public Administration Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 862 |
Arizona | 519 |
Oklahoma | 57 |
New Mexico | 54 |
Public Administration Related Majors
Public Administration is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
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 25 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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