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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Iowa. With 290 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

34 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in Iowa

$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the best value school in Iowa for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $12,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Iowa did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

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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.

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