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Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$17,308 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,620 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Administration & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate 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.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region 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. 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.

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

Best Public Administration & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate School

Our analysis found Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach to be the best value school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach are $17,308 a year.

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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges by State

Explore the best public administration and social service schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 2,840
West Virginia 504
South Carolina 708
Florida 4,199
Virginia 2,154
Arkansas 683
Mississippi 752
Louisiana 1,118
Alabama 1,668
Kentucky 2,072
Georgia 1,475
Tennessee 1,564

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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