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Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

5 Colleges
$55,530 Avg Salary
$25,500 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public administration and social service was ranked #14 in the country. In fact 98,583 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public administration and social service majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Springfield the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, UIS is a public college with a small student population.

About 31% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 69% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their online graduate certificate. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the town of Athens.

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Out of the 5 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the # 3 spot on the list. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

Women make up 75% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Davenport University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 3,206
Michigan 3,411
Ohio 3,030
Illinois 3,948
Wisconsin 1,299

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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

Majors Similar to Public Administration & Social Service

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 5 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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