Master's · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Is Public Administration at Hamline University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $88,458
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $99,990
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $26,197
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $28k (likely $28k – $28k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $34k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MN
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.9 years (likely 1.3–3.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $154k (likely $18k – $311k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $587k (likely $305k – $958k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Hamline University
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$108,829
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$104,535
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$100,989
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$72,945
- Education, General (Master's)$72,271
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate certificate)$70,862
- Non-Professional Legal Studies (Bachelor's)$65,460
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's)$64,303
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$63,668
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Master's)$63,173
- Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's)$62,193
- Legal Support Services (Undergraduate certificate)$61,388
Public Administration at other schools in Minnesota
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities$97,311
- Capella University$75,626
- Saint Mary's University of Minnesota$71,631
- Walden University$68,434