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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,349 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 1,347 degrees and certificates from an Ohio school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public administration and social service students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public & Social Service

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio University - Athens Campus the best value school in Ohio for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $9,720 per year.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Ohio University - Athens Campus

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ohio State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Ohio. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ohio State are $12,425 a year.

Ohio State also made our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #5.

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Out of the 3 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

UC graduate students pay an average of $14,902 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 2,690
Indiana 1,347
Wisconsin 532
Michigan 1,815

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 3 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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