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2023 Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

4 Colleges
$55,530 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 898 degrees and certificates from a Missouri school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Check out the public administration and social service graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Missouri Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public & Social Service

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best school in Missouri for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in Missouri. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of Missouri - St Louis Report

#3

Park University

Parkville, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Park University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 470
Minnesota 2,616
Iowa 290
North Dakota 91
Nebraska 215
South Dakota 67

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 33,631
Public Administration 13,571
Public Policy 3,737
Human Services 1,277
Community Organization & Advocacy 741
Other Public Administration 295

Related Major Annual Graduates
Legal Professions 45,189
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 University of the Fraser Valley.

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