2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Policy is the #64 most popular major in Maryland with 263 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. 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 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

Check out the public policy graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, MD

40 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in Maryland

$16,995 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maryland - College Park to be the best value school for public policy students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UMCP graduate students pay an average of $16,995 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UMCP did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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