2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor's Degree Schools in Louisiana
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Doctor's Degree School for You
Public Administration & Social Service is the #12 most popular major in Louisiana with 1,118 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Louisiana 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.
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.
Best Louisiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Public & Social Service
Our 2023 rankings named Southern University and A & M College the best value school in Louisiana for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Southern University and A & M College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.
Southern University and A & M College graduate students pay an average of $10,658 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Louisiana State University is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana State University are $13,031 per year.
Louisiana State University also made our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list, coming in at #4.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Tulane University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Louisiana. Located in the city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tulane are $61,130 a year.
Tulane not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
| Florida | 4,199 |
| Virginia | 2,154 |
| Arkansas | 683 |
| Alabama | 1,668 |
| Kentucky | 2,072 |
| Georgia | 1,475 |
| Tennessee | 1,564 |
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Public Administration & Social Service Related Majors for 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 Majors Related 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to University of the Fraser Valley.
More about our data sources and methodologies.