2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You
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The Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Plains States Region 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.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the public admin graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for public administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.
Minnesota State Mankato graduate students pay an average of $9,308 in tuition and fees each year.
Minnesota State Mankato excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Dakota. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USD are $12,768 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Dakota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration schools in the Plains States Region . UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UND are $18,968 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Kansas State University is a great value for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.
K -State graduate students pay an average of $23,949 in tuition and fees each year.
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Wichita State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public administration programs. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $15,323 per year.
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University of Nebraska at Omaha landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public administration programs. UNOMAHA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Omaha.
UNOMAHA graduate students pay an average of $16,374 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $12,618 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.
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Best Public Administration Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 314 |
| Minnesota | 496 |
| Iowa | 64 |
| Kansas | 130 |
| Nebraska | 108 |
| North Dakota | 15 |
| South Dakota | 37 |
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Majors Related to Public Admin
One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 averages are for the top 12 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).
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