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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,935 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,877 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor's Degree 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.

The Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Missouri to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public administration and social service students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public & Social Service

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Missouri. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.

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

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.

SLU also took the #4 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Saint Louis University Report

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

Explore all the Best Value 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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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