2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You
Public Administration & Social Service is the #14 most popular major in the country with 98,583 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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 Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which master'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.
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.
Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BYU is ranked #3 for overall quality for public administration and social service in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Nampa.
NNU graduate students pay an average of $10,964 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan State University of Denver. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 a year.
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Out of the 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the # 4 spot on the list. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW are $17,569 a year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Pueblo is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $19,773 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 a year.
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University of Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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Westminster College Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
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Utah State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.
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Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Explore the best public administration and social service colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,536 |
| Utah | 962 |
| Montana | 153 |
| Idaho | 621 |
| Wyoming | 149 |
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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 |
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 17 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).
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