2025 Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a master's degree in public administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #19 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for public administration students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 151 master's degrees in public administration to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Public Administration School for Your Master's Degree

The public admin master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

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

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on public administration students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public administration students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt public administration students go into to obtain their master'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 public administration related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Public Administration Schools

The public admin school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Public Administration Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Public Administration in Connecticut

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for public administration students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Connecticut Schools for a Master's in Public Admin

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

61 Annual Graduates

$65,364 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in public administration has to take a look at University of Connecticut. UCONN is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Storrs.

Students who graduate with their master's from the public admin program report average early career wages of $65,364.

More information about a master’s in public administration from University of Connecticut

2

Post University
Waterbury, CT

29 Annual Graduates

$68,873 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Post University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in public administration. Located in the midsize city of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the public admin program make about $68,873 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in public administration from Post University

3

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

16 Annual Graduates

Sacred Heart University is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in public administration. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in public administration from Sacred Heart University

Best Public Administration Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	508
Rhode Island	127	42
New Hampshire	108	12
Vermont	91	39

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Admin

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

Public Admin Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	151

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Policy	92
Human Services	70

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream. More about our data sources and methodologies.