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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,355 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 3,265 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 6th 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. 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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Texas 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.

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 Texas

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

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the # 3 spot on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UTSA graduate students pay an average of $9,479 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Dallas are $15,088 a year.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,198
Oklahoma 292
New Mexico 331

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 4 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.

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