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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

With 369 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #16 most popular major in New Jersey.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Jersey to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus the most popular school in New Jersey for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in public admin at the school are women while 44% are male.

Read full report on Public Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers Newark is a large public school located in the city of Newark.

Read full report on Public Administration at Rutgers University - Newark

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,639
Pennsylvania 462
Maryland 171
District of Columbia 292
Delaware 29

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

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 2 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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