2025 Best Other Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

You'll be studying one of the lesser sought-after majors if you pursue a Bachelor's Degree in other public administration. It is ranked #272 out of 363 major degree programs in terms of popularity. This may make is a little harder to find a school that is a good fit for you.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for other public administration students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 77 bachelor's degrees in other public administration to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Other Public Administration School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of other public administration for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality other public admin program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on other public administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of other public administration students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt other public administration students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized other public administration related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for other public administration students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Other Public Administration Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Other Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Other Public Administration in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in other public administration.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Other Public Admin

1

New York University
New York, NY

10 Annual Graduates

New York University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in other public administration. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in other public administration from New York University

2

Rutgers University - Newark
Newark, NJ

34 Annual Graduates

$42,482 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat Rutgers University - Newark if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in other public administration. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the other public admin program make around $42,482 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in other public administration from Rutgers University - Newark

3

Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY

26 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Metropolitan College of New York if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in other public administration. MCNY is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of New York.More information about a bachelor’s in other public administration from Metropolitan College of New York

Best Other Public Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best other public administration schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	275	5
Pennsylvania	274	2
Maryland	207	4
New Jersey	193	74

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Other Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

One of 4 majors within the Public Administration & Social Service area of study, Other Public Administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Other Public Admin Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Public Administration & Social Service Professions	77

Most Popular Majors Related to Other Public Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	862
Public Policy	580
Community Organization & Advocacy	337
Public Administration	268

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.