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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public administration and social service was ranked 5th in Montana. In fact, 79 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Montana to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

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

Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT

66 Master's Degrees

#5 in Quality in Montana

$6,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Montana. UM is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $6,892 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UM is ranked #5 for overall quality for public administration and social service in Montana.

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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