2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is the #15 most popular major in Montana with 153 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Check out the public administration and social service master's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree School

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT

66 Master's Degrees

#5 in Quality in Montana

$6,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Montana. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UM are $6,892 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UM is ranked #5 for overall quality for public administration and social service in Montana.

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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