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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$12,148 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public administration and social service was ranked 4th in Alaska. In fact, 65 were awarded in the state 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.

The Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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 Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alaska. UAA is a large public school located in the large city of Anchorage.

UAA graduate students pay an average of $12,148 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UAA also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Alaska rankings.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at University of Alaska Anchorage

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 5,554
Washington 712
Oregon 423
Nevada 325
Hawaii 138

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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