2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree School for You

With 3,411 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #12 most popular major in Michigan.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Michigan to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for public administration and social service students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Michigan

Check out the public administration and social service associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Public & Social Service

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Indiana	3,206
Ohio	3,030
Illinois	3,948
Wisconsin	1,299

Majors Related to Public Administration & Social Service

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

Most Popular Majors Related 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 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.