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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,057 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 898 degrees and certificates from a Missouri school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Missouri 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our analysis found Park University to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Missouri. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.

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

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - St Louis is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMSL are $12,528 a year.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 470
Minnesota 2,616
Iowa 290
North Dakota 91
Nebraska 215
South Dakota 67

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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