2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 53,252 public administration and social service students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.
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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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 37 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Colleges.
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Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the fringe town of Canyon.
West Texas A&M University graduate students pay an average of $8,574 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Northeastern State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NSU are $10,911 a year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
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Lamar University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lamar University are $15,755 a year.
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Western New Mexico University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western New Mexico University are $10,335 a year.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.
UT Rio Grande Valley excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
East Central University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration and social service programs. ECU is a small public school located in the town of Ada.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $11,634 per year.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration and social service colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 1,198 |
| Texas | 3,265 |
| Oklahoma | 292 |
| New Mexico | 331 |
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Public Administration & Social Service Related Majors for Public Administration & Social Service
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Administration & Social Service
| 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 25 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).
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