2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor's Degree School for You
Public Administration & Social Service is the #14 most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for public administration and social service students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Harvard University to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
Harvard did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chestnut Hill.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston College are $32,722 a year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Simmons graduate students pay an average of $21,546 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Maine. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. University of Southern Maine is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.
University of Southern Maine graduate students pay an average of $22,968 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Connecticut State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. SCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $26,537 per year.
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University of Massachusetts - Boston landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UMass Boston graduate students pay an average of $36,485 in tuition and fees each year.
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Smith College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Northampton, Smith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Smith are $55,830 a year.
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Boston University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Boston U also did well on our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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University of Connecticut ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, Brandeis University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Waltham, Brandeis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Brandeis graduate students pay an average of $53,618 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration and social service schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 749 |
| Maine | 480 |
| Rhode Island | 426 |
| Massachusetts | 3,668 |
| Connecticut | 1,271 |
| Vermont | 233 |
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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 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.
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