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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$35,680 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,877 Avg Salary

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

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 874 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value doctor'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.

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.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public & Social Service

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.

GWU also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

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#2

American University

Washington, DC

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the # 2 spot on the list. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at The American University are $38,456 a year.

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

Full Public Administration & Social Service at American University Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 2,776
Pennsylvania 3,560
New York 10,504
Maryland 1,766
Delaware 443

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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