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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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$64,120 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 462 degrees and certificates were awarded to public administration students who went to a Pennsylvania college or university. This makes it the #33 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

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 Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Villanova University the most popular school in Pennsylvania for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 48% of the students majoring in public admin at the school are women while 52% are male.

Full Public Administration at Villanova University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great place for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. WCUPA is a large public school located in the large suburb of West Chester.

Of the 5 students majoring in public admin at WCUPA, 80% are male and 20% are female.

Read full report on Public Administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,639
Maryland 171
New Jersey 369
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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