2023 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
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The Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Policy program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 35% of the students majoring in public policy at the school are women while 65% are male.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public policy schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 13 students majoring in public policy at UK, 38% are male and 62% are female.
Out of the 10 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tennessee State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Tennessee State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.
Of the 12 students majoring in public policy at Tennessee State University, 25% are male and 75% are female.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public policy schools in the Southeast Region . UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville.
Of the 11 students majoring in public policy at UT Knoxville, 18% are male and 82% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public policy schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out of the 10 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Central Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public policy students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Clemson University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.
With a ranking of #7, Regent University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.
With a ranking of #7, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public policy students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Best Public Policy Colleges by State
Explore the best public policy colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Virginia | 278 |
Florida | 13 |
Georgia | 28 |
North Carolina | 87 |
Tennessee | 66 |
Kentucky | 22 |
Louisiana | 8 |
Alabama | 7 |
South Carolina | 2 |
Arkansas | 8 |
West Virginia | 23 |
Majors Related to Public Policy
Public Policy is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.
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 averages are for the top 10 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to The Official CTBTO Photostream.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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