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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$9,201 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$55,530 Avg Salary

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.

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

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

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our analysis found Florida Atlantic University to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. Located in the small city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.

FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FGCU are $8,971 a 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 took the #4 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Florida International University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Florida. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FIU are $11,106 a year.

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#5

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.

UNF also took the #5 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida rankings.

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Best 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
South Carolina 708
Virginia 2,154
Arkansas 683
Mississippi 752
Tennessee 1,564
Louisiana 1,118
Alabama 1,668
Kentucky 2,072
Georgia 1,475

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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