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Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$11,227 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$69,877 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor'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 Doctor's Degree Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Florida 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.

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.

Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public & Social Service

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

UCF graduate students pay an average of $8,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Florida Atlantic University the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.

FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Florida State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Florida. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.

Florida State graduate students pay an average of $11,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

FIU graduate students pay an average of $11,106 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Barry University

Miami, FL

Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Barry University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Barry University are $17,910 per year.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

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 5 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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