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2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$38,456 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

With 292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #16 most popular major in District of Columbia.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

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

Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best value school in District of Columbia for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The American University are $38,456 a year.

The American University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,639
Pennsylvania 462
Maryland 171
New Jersey 369
Delaware 29

Public Administration is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Admin

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 values are for the top school 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).
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