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Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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2023 Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Policy is the #36 most popular major in Massachusetts with 425 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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

Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Salem State University the best school in Massachusetts for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Salem State is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Salem.

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Best Public Policy Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Public Policy Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 81
Rhode Island 66
New Hampshire 23
Maine 27
Vermont 8

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Policy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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