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2023 Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

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

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 712 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration & Social Service program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle University the most popular school in Washington for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Seattle University Report

Out of the 3 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Eastern Washington University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Washington State University Report

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State Degrees Awarded
California 5,554
Oregon 423
Nevada 325
Hawaii 138
Alaska 65

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

Majors Similar 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 3 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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