2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in Florida 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Florida State College at Jacksonville the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FSCJ are $2,657 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indian River State College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Indian River State College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Atlantic University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a very large student population.
FAU undergraduate students pay an average of $4,879 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 St Petersburg College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Clearwater, SPC is a public college with a very large student population.
SPC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,682 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 Florida Gulf Coast University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FGCU are $6,118 a year.
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Florida State University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. Florida State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida State are $6,517 per year.
Florida State also took the #5 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.
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With a ranking of #7, University of North Florida 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 Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNF are $5,964 per year.
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 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 #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Florida A&M University are $5,785 per year.
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The University of West Florida came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the city of Pensacola, UWF is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWF are $5,776 a year.
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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USF Tampa are $6,410 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, USF Tampa also did well on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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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 |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2,840 |
| West Virginia | 504 |
| Mississippi | 752 |
| South Carolina | 708 |
| Virginia | 2,154 |
| Arkansas | 683 |
| Alabama | 1,668 |
| Kentucky | 2,072 |
| Georgia | 1,475 |
| Tennessee | 1,564 |
| Louisiana | 1,118 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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 18 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).
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