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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,935 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 the #12 most popular major in Missouri with 1,624 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Missouri 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.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for public administration and social service students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Mizzou graduate students pay an average of $11,255 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SLU are $22,614 a year.

SLU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Public & Social Service Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Saint Louis University Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 791
Minnesota 3,576
Iowa 832
South Dakota 143
Nebraska 490
North Dakota 321

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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