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2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in California

1 College
$55,530 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

With 8,979 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #16 most popular major in California.

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 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 1 school in California offering online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for public administration and social service majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Brandman University the most popular online school in California for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 1,252
Oregon 832
Hawaii 396
Nevada 610
Alaska 121

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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