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Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$37,355 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,620 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 426 degrees and certificates were awarded to public administration and social service students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Best Public Administration & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Roger Williams University to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Rhode Island. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RWU are $37,355 per year.

RWU also made our Best Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Public Administration & Social Service at Roger Williams University

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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 Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 749
Maine 480
Massachusetts 3,668
Connecticut 1,271
Vermont 233

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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