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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Vermont

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$31,511 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,061 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service School for You

Public Administration & Social Service is the #15 most popular major in Vermont with 233 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Schools in Vermont to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Vermont to see which 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in Vermont

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public administration and social service majors pursuing a .

Best Vermont Schools for Affordable Quality in Public & Social Service

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT
$19,002 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Vermont the best value school in Vermont for public administration and social service students. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UVM undergraduate students pay an average of $19,002 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that public administration and social service majors at UVM take out is $20,500.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at University of Vermont Report

#2

Norwich University

Northfield, VT
$44,020 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Vermont that were part of this year’s ranking, Norwich University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Northfield.

Norwich undergraduate students pay an average of $44,020 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Norwich is ranked #2 for overall quality for public administration and social service in Vermont.

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Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 749
Maine 480
Rhode Island 426
Massachusetts 3,668
Connecticut 1,271

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 2 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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