2023 Best Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master'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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Colleges.
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Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Denver 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 . DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northwest Nazarene University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Nampa.
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Colorado State University - Pueblo did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the midsize city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #8, Utah State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Wyoming did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the town of Laramie.
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Boise State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 1,536 |
Utah | 962 |
Montana | 153 |
Idaho | 621 |
Wyoming | 149 |
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Public Administration & Social Service Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 17 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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