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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$14,916 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 the #14 most popular major in Kansas with 791 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Kansas 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Fort Hays State University the best value school in Kansas for public administration and social service students working on their bachelor’s degree. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Hays.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FHSU are $5,430 per year.

FHSU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.

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#2

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Pittsburg State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Kansas. Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Pitt State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,744 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Washburn University

Topeka, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washburn University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the city of Topeka, Washburn University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Washburn University are $8,872 per year.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Kansas. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,420 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

K -State also made our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a large student population.

WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,800 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU undergraduate students pay an average of $11,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, KU is ranked #4 for overall quality for public administration and social service in Kansas.

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#7

Ottawa University - Kansas City

Overland Park, KS

Ottawa University - Kansas City came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Ottawa University - Kansas City is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Overland Park.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ottawa University - Kansas City are $12,869 a year.

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Ottawa University - Online came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. Located in the distant town of Ottawa, Ottawa University - Online is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ottawa University - Online are $12,616 a year.

Ottawa University - Online did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list.

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Ottawa University - Ottawa 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 #9 on the list. Located in the town of Ottawa, Ottawa is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Ottawa undergraduate students pay an average of $36,780 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Newman University

Wichita, KS

Newman University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the large city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Newman University are $34,460 a year.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 3,576
Iowa 832
South Dakota 143
Missouri 1,624
Nebraska 490
North Dakota 321

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 10 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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