2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Florida 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.
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 Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public & Social Service
Our 2023 rankings named Florida Atlantic University the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FAU are $6,693 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public college with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FGCU are $8,971 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.
UCF also made our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #4.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida International University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.
UNF graduate students pay an average of $10,364 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UNF also took the #5 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida rankings.
Request InformationBest Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools 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 |
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Majors Related to 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 Related Majors
| 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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