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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,635 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,305 Avg Salary

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

With 4,199 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #14 most popular major in Florida.

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.

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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Florida 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.

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.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a associate degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Rasmussen University - Florida the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their associate degree. Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Ocala.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Rasmussen University - Florida are $13,635 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rasmussen University - Florida is ranked #2 for overall quality for public administration and social service in Florida.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Rasmussen University - Florida Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ultimate Medical Academy - Clearwater. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Florida list. UMA Clearwater is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Clearwater.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Ultimate Medical Academy - Clearwater Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 2,840
West Virginia 504
South Carolina 708
Virginia 2,154
Arkansas 683
Mississippi 752
Tennessee 1,564
Louisiana 1,118
Alabama 1,668
Kentucky 2,072
Georgia 1,475

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

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.

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