2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 167 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Maryland college or university. This makes it the #42 most popular major in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

40 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in Maryland

$16,995 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMCP are $16,995 a year.

UMCP also made our Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #3.

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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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