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Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$11,555 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$63,791 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Policy is the #76 most popular major in Arizona with 55 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Arizona 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

Our analysis found Northern Arizona University to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

NAU graduate students pay an average of $11,555 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NAU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on Public Policy at Northern Arizona University

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 187
Oklahoma 27
New Mexico 7

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

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.

  • 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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