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2023 Best Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

19 Colleges
$33,749 Avg Salary
$29,352 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is the #14 most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Global Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a large student population.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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#4

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UW is a large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is a small public school located in the small city of Lewiston.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.

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With a ranking of #7, Colorado State University - Pueblo did quite well on this year’s best schools for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Weber State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree public administration and social service programs. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ogden.

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#9

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

Colorado Mesa University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the city of Grand Junction, Colorado Mesa is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State

Explore the best public administration and social service schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,536
Utah 962
Montana 153
Idaho 621
Wyoming 149

Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Majors Similar to Public Administration & Social Service

Related Major Annual Graduates
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 142,610
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 73,813
Legal Professions 61,055
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 4,477

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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