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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$17,911 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

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

With 749 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #12 most popular major in New Hampshire.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.

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

Check out the public administration and social service graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Hampshire - Main Campus the best value school in New Hampshire for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNH are $16,352 per year.

UNH did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern New Hampshire University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SNHU are $19,470 a year.

SNHU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in New Hampshire list.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Southern New Hampshire University Report

Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Maine 480
Rhode Island 426
Massachusetts 3,668
Connecticut 1,271
Vermont 233

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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