2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Master's Degree Schools in Florida
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree 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 Master's Degree Schools in Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Florida to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for public administration and social service students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Public Administration & Social Service Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Florida Gulf Coast University the best value school in Florida for public administration and social service students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a large student population.
FGCU graduate students pay an average of $8,971 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
FGCU also took the #5 spot in our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Florida rankings.
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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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
UCF graduate students pay an average of $8,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UCF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list.
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Out of the 13 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Atlantic University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a fairly 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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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public administration and social service schools in Florida. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNF are $10,364 a year.
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Out of the 13 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Florida State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Tallahassee.
Florida State graduate students pay an average of $11,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Florida State also claimed a spot on our Best Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Florida International 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 #6 on the list. FIU is a very 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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University of South Florida - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public & Social Service Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USF Tampa are $10,428 a year.
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Florida Agricultural and Mechanical 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida A&M University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Florida A&M University graduate students pay an average of $9,876 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Barry 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 large suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Barry University graduate students pay an average of $17,910 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Southeastern University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree public administration and social service programs. Located in the city of Lakeland, SEU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SEU are $12,350 per year.
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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 |
| 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 13 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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