2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate 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.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 34 schools in the Southeast Region 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
Columbia Southern University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.
American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Alabama helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Florence, UNA is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $13,860 per year.
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Out of the 34 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Florida Atlantic University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public administration and social service programs. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FAU are $18,482 per year.
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Belhaven University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.
With a ranking of #8, Western Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.
WKU graduate students pay an average of $18,340 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Arkansas at Little Rock ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UA Little Rock are $14,884 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Wilmington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.
UNCW graduate students pay an average of $21,343 in tuition and fees each year.
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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 Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 244 |
| Florida | 1,526 |
| North Carolina | 1,324 |
| Virginia | 1,152 |
| Tennessee | 853 |
| Georgia | 885 |
| South Carolina | 308 |
| Louisiana | 842 |
| West Virginia | 317 |
| Kentucky | 1,040 |
| Arkansas | 372 |
| Alabama | 1,018 |
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Majors Related to Public Administration & Social Service
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 |
Majors Similar to Public Administration & Social Service
| 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 25 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).
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