2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Administration is the #59 most popular major in the country with 16,905 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public admin students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the public admin graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Administration

#1

Norwich University

Northfield, VT

1 Graduate Certificates

#6 in Quality in the New England Region

$21,914 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Norwich University the best value school in the New England Region for public administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Northfield, Norwich is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Norwich are $21,914 per year.

Norwich also claimed a spot on our Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Public Administration at Norwich University

#2

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, NH

11 Graduate Certificates

$19,470 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

SNHU graduate students pay an average of $19,470 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Administration at Southern New Hampshire University

#3

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

4 Graduate Certificates

#25 in Quality in the New England Region

$42,237 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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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).
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