2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

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

Public Administration & Social Service is the #11 most popular major in New Jersey with 2,776 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. 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 & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Jersey 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree Colleges.

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

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	3,560
New York	10,504
Maryland	1,766
Delaware	443
District of Columbia	874

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

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 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.

More about our data sources and methodologies.