2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a doctor's degree.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public & Social Service
Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU Anschutz is ranked #3 for overall quality for public administration and social service in the Rocky Mountains Region .
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Denver helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.
Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State
Explore the best public administration and social service schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,536 |
| Utah | 962 |
| Montana | 153 |
| Idaho | 621 |
| Wyoming | 149 |
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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 |
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 3 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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