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2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

9 Colleges
$33,749 Avg Salary
$29,352 Avg Student Debt

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. 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.

The Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the New England Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Administration & Social Service Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found Southern New Hampshire University to be the most popular school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue an online bachelor’s degree in the New England Region . SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.

About 89% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#2

Post University

Waterbury, CT

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Post University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public administration and social service schools in the New England Region . Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

About 88% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 12% are male.

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#3

Fisher College

Boston, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fisher College is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Fisher College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 42 students majoring in public administration and social service at Fisher College, 5% are male and 95% are female.

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#4

Simmons University

Boston, MA

Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, NH

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Granite State College is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public school with a small student population.

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University of Maine at Augusta came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Augusta, UMA is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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Roger Williams University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for public administration and social service students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bristol, RWU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Roger Williams University Report

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#9

Unity College

Unity, ME

Unity College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for public administration and social service students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Unity, Unity is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online public administration and social service colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 749
Maine 480
Rhode Island 426
Massachusetts 3,668
Connecticut 1,271
Vermont 233

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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 9 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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