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2023 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

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$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.

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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Florida 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public admin majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Central Florida to be the most popular school for public administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 71% of the public admin majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Administration at University of Central Florida

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Florida International University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration schools in Florida. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 72% of the students majoring in public admin at the school are women while 28% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great place for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. FGCU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fort Myers.

Of the 4 students majoring in public admin at FGCU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Read full report on Public Administration at Florida Gulf Coast University

#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 Most Popular Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jacksonville.

Full Public Administration at University of North Florida Report

Best Public Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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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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