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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

17 Colleges
$13,477 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,749 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Indiana. With 3,206 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana

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

Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - South Bend the best value school in Indiana for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of South Bend, Indiana University - South Bend is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Indiana University - South Bend are $7,827 per year.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 17 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ball State are $10,290 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

IWU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,239 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana University - Northwest. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IU Northwest are $7,827 per year.

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Out of the 17 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - East landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Richmond, IU East is a public college with a small student population.

IU East undergraduate students pay an average of $7,827 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Southern Indiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville, USI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USI are $9,509 per year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington undergraduate students pay an average of $11,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington also claimed a spot on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at IUPUI are $10,044 per year.

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Indiana Institute of Technology - College of Professional Studies landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree public administration and social service programs. Indiana Tech - CPS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort-Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indiana Tech - CPS are $10,224 a year.

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#10

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Purdue University Global did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.

Purdue University Global undergraduate students pay an average of $10,125 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,411
Ohio 3,030
Illinois 3,948
Wisconsin 1,299

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 17 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.

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