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2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$7,118 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 37 degrees and certificates were awarded to public administration students who went to a South Dakota college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

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.

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

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Dakota the best value school in South Dakota for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Vermillion, USD is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

USD graduate students pay an average of $7,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

USD not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 314
Minnesota 496
Iowa 64
Kansas 130
Nebraska 108
North Dakota 15

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 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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