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.
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2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.
BYU also made our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwest Nazarene University is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University of Denver is a great value for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Denver are $12,792 per year.
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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Out of the 17 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized 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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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $24,342 per year.
University of Utah did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized 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 ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Westminster College Salt Lake graduate students pay an average of $16,689 in tuition and fees each year.
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Utah State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public administration and social service students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Logan, USU is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.
Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Utah State University
Colorado State University - Fort Collins came in at #10 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 midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each 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.
Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State
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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