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2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

4 Colleges
$55,530 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

With 53,252 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public administration and social service majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth to be the most popular school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 36 students majoring in public administration and social service at UMass Dartmouth, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

Women make up 27% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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#3

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Norwich University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the New England Region . Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Northfield.

Women make up 50% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Norwich University Report

#4

Post University

Waterbury, CT

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Post University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the New England Region . Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Post University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 2,705
Rhode Island 190
Connecticut 684
New Hampshire 143
Maine 292
Vermont 84

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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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