2023 Best Value Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Policy Graduate Certificate School for You

With 104 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public policy is the #103 most popular major in Tennessee.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public policy students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Policy

Best Value Public Policy Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Policy Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	87
Virginia	470
North Carolina	463
Florida	13
Kentucky	22
South Carolina	2
Louisiana	8
Arkansas	8
Alabama	9
Mississippi	51
West Virginia	23

Majors Related to Public Policy

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	58,326
Public Administration	16,905
Human Services	13,238
Community Organization & Advocacy	3,096
Other Public Administration	588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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