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2023 Best Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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$48,536 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You

With 53,252 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the city of Denver.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest Nazarene University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.

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With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Pueblo did quite well on this year’s best schools for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree public administration and social service programs. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.

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Boise State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State

Explore the best public administration and social service schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 578
Colorado 1,072
Montana 79
Idaho 358
Wyoming 53

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 17 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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