2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Policy is the #61 most popular major in the country with 3,737 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Policy

Best Public Policy Colleges by State

Explore the best public policy colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Texas	187
Arizona	55
Oklahoma	27
New Mexico	7

Majors Related to Public Policy

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

Most Popular Majors Related 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 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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