Online Bachelors Degree Programs in Public Administration Ranked by Cost of Tuition

By Staff

Colleges in the US with online bachelors degree in public administration programs have an average tuition of $11,267 per year. The average tuition has decreased, over the past few years, by 12.9%. In 2007, the per annum average tuition was $12,940 at these online colleges and universities.

Online bachelors degree in public administration schools are also known as public management schools. The tuition range for colleges offering online public administration programs at the bachelors level is displayed in the following graph. Tuition is shown from the highest to lowest cost colleges and universities.

Tuition Level Number of Schools
Cheapest 7
Low cost 22
Average cost 30
Most expensive 7

At the high end, schools offering online bachelors degree in public administration programs charge students more than $15,720 in tuition per annum. The cheapest schools, however, charge students tuition ranging from $4,656 to $7,248 per annum. The least costly accredited online public administration bachelors degree schools are located in California, Hawaii, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Texas.

  • Bachelor of Arts in Accounting – Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Business in Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration – Health Care Administration
  • BA/Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Arts in Management in Public Administration
  • Bachelor of Science in Public Administration

Approximately 22% of public administration graduates with bachelors degrees from online schools around the US graduated from these low tuition programs in 2011. This represents 56,380 of the 251,841 graduates from across the country. Between 2006 and 2011, the number of public administration graduates with bachelors degrees from the least expensive online colleges and universities has decreased by 35,211 graduates annually, while the percentage of graduates from these colleges and universities has increased.

Other somewhat more expensive cost online public administration bachelors degree colleges and universities charge students tuition ranging from $8,040 to $9,960 yearly. Tuition in this range is charged by 22 of the 66 online colleges offering bachelors degrees in public administration programs in the country.

A reported 47,589 students earned their degrees and certificates from these affordable online programs in 2011. This is 19% of the nation’s public administration bachelors level graduates. Only 28,662 students graduated from these schools, just 5 years earlier, in 2006. This is a 66% increase in the number of students graduating from these cheap online schools.

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