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2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$12,056 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

With 66 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #52 most popular major in Tennessee.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public policy students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Policy

#1

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

Our 2023 rankings named Tennessee State University the best value school in Tennessee for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tennessee State University are $10,732 a year.

Read full report on Public Policy at Tennessee State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great value for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. UT Knoxville is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Knoxville are $13,380 a year.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 278
Florida 13
Georgia 28
North Carolina 87
Kentucky 22
Louisiana 8
Alabama 7
South Carolina 2
Arkansas 8
West Virginia 23

Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

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 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).
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