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2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,033 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Administration is the #17 most popular major in Indiana with 449 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Indiana to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Check out the public admin graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Northwest the best value school in Indiana for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. IU Northwest is a small public school located in the small city of Gary.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IU Northwest are $8,270 a year.

Full Public Administration at Indiana University - Northwest Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great value for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,329 per year.

IU Bloomington did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

Full Public Administration at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $10,144 per year.

Ball State also took the #2 spot in our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 263
Illinois 440
Ohio 293
Wisconsin 44

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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.

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