2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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The following school tops our list of the Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School
Our 2023 rankings named Salem State University the best value school in Massachusetts for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Salem State is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Salem.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salem State are $8,857 a year.
Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the New England Region
Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Connecticut | 81 |
Rhode Island | 66 |
New Hampshire | 23 |
Maine | 27 |
Vermont | 8 |
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Majors Related to Public Policy
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 |
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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.
- 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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