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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$18,792 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$48,536 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 1,072 degrees and certificates from a Colorado school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

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

The Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Colorado to see which master's degree 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.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Public & Social Service

Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CU Anschutz are $8,052 a year.

CU Anschutz did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Pueblo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $8,287 a year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Colorado State University - Pueblo Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State are $13,313 a year.

Colorado State also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Denver graduate students pay an average of $10,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Metropolitan State University of Denver Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCCS are $13,854 per year.

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University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the large city of Denver, DU 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 DU are $53,943 a year.

DU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at University of Denver

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 578
Montana 79
Idaho 358
Wyoming 53

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 6 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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