2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Associate Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, public administration and social service students earned 2,072 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 7th in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
The Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kentucky 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Public & Social Service
Our analysis found University of the Cumberlands to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a associate degree in Kentucky. Cumberlands is a large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Williamsburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cumberlands are $9,875 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brescia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Associate Degree Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Owensboro, Brescia University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brescia University are $26,950 a year.
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Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 2,840 |
West Virginia | 504 |
Mississippi | 752 |
South Carolina | 708 |
Florida | 4,199 |
Virginia | 2,154 |
Arkansas | 683 |
Alabama | 1,668 |
Georgia | 1,475 |
Tennessee | 1,564 |
Louisiana | 1,118 |
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Public Administration & Social Service Related Majors for Public Administration & Social Service
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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.