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2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,828 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Administration is the #18 most popular major in Florida with 638 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. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Florida

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

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

Our analysis found Florida Gulf Coast University to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. FGCU is a large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Myers.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Central Florida is a great value for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.

UCF did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

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Out of the 4 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a very large student population.

FIU graduate students pay an average of $11,106 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. UNF is a large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.

UNF not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 489
Georgia 401
North Carolina 379
Tennessee 97
Kentucky 122
Louisiana 113
Alabama 378
South Carolina 88
Mississippi 84
Arkansas 172
West Virginia 132

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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