2025 Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in public administration, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #103 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of public administration. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 516 bachelor's degrees in public administration during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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

Your choice of public administration for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality 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 many resources a school devotes to public administration students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of 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 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 public administration related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana 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 Public Administration in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Admin

1

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

420 Annual Graduates

$47,013 Median Starting Salary

$35,066 Median Student Debt

Indiana University - Bloomington is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public administration. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bloomington.

Those public administration students who get their bachelor's degree from Indiana University - Bloomington make $5,379 more than the standard public admin graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Indiana University - Bloomington

2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

66 Annual Graduates

$43,110 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in public administration has to look into Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the public admin program state that they receive average early career earnings of $43,110.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

3

Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN

23 Annual Graduates

$34,780 Median Starting Salary

Purdue University Fort Wayne is a good choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

After graduating, public admin bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $34,780 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from Purdue University Fort Wayne

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	123
Ohio	252	145
Illinois	241	6
Wisconsin	213	45

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Public Administration Related Rankings by Major

Public Administration is one of 4 different types of Public Administration & Social Service programs to choose from.

Public Admin Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Public Administration	516

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	97
Public Policy	11
Community Organization & Advocacy	9

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).
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