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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$10,033 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Indiana. With 3,206 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

The Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Indiana to see which graduate certificate 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public & Social Service

Our analysis found Indiana University - Northwest to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. Located in the city of Gary, IU Northwest is a public school with a small student population.

IU Northwest graduate students pay an average of $8,270 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Indiana. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $11,329 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington also made our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Indiana University - Bloomington

#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

Ball State also took the #2 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,411
Ohio 3,030
Illinois 3,948
Wisconsin 1,299

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 4 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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