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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$17,911 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 143 degrees and certificates were awarded to public administration and social service students who went to a New Hampshire college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire to see which graduate certificate 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Check out the public administration and social service graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Hampshire - Main Campus the best value school in New Hampshire for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a large student population.

UNH graduate students pay an average of $16,352 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNH is ranked #2 for overall quality for public administration and social service in New Hampshire.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in New Hampshire. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SNHU are $19,470 a year.

SNHU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,705
Rhode Island 190
Connecticut 684
Maine 292
Vermont 84

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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