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2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
$39,462 Avg Salary
$27,012 Avg Student Debt

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Administration & Social Service Colleges.

#1

Western New Mexico University

Silver City, NM

Our analysis found Western New Mexico University to be the most popular school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue an online degree in the Southwest Region . Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent online programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,198
Texas 3,265
Oklahoma 292
New Mexico 331

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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