2025 Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona

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 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of public administration. Combined, these schools handed out 92 bachelor's degrees in public administration to qualified students.

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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 colleges for public administration students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Public Administration Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Administration in Arizona

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Admin

1

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

32 Annual Graduates

$39,136 Median Starting Salary

University of Arizona is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in public administration. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population.

Soon after graduation, public admin bachelor's recipients usually earn about $39,136 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from University of Arizona

2

University of Phoenix - Arizona
Phoenix, AZ

56 Annual Graduates

$61,790 Median Starting Salary

It's hard to beat University of Phoenix - Arizona if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public administration. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix.

Bachelor's recipients from the public administration major at University of Phoenix - Arizona earn $11,327 more than the typical graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in public administration from University of Phoenix - Arizona

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	245	115
Oklahoma	190	23

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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	92

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Services	1,081
Community Organization & Advocacy	758
Public Policy	181

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.