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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$24,597 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,729 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service 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.

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 Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Missouri to see which 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 Schools in Missouri

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a .

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality in Public & Social Service

$8,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a degree in Missouri. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Missouri State are $8,294 a year.

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$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $11,475 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Mizzou also took the #4 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri rankings.

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#3

Park University

Parkville, MO
$8,853 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

Park University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$11,271 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.

UMKC undergraduate students pay an average of $11,271 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$12,015 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - St Louis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list. UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMSL are $12,015 per year.

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#6

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO
$48,824 Average Tuition & Fees

Saint Louis University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SLU are $48,824 per year.

SLU also took the #5 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri rankings.

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$58,866 Average Tuition & Fees

Washington University in St Louis ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WUSTL are $58,866 a year.

WUSTL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public & Social Service Schools in Missouri list.

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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 Colleges 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 7 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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