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Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

2023 Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

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

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

With 4,199 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration and social service is the #14 most popular major in Florida.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Florida to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Administration & Social Service program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Administration & Social Service Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Central Florida to be the most popular school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

Women make up 76% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

Women make up 72% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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#3

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Florida Atlantic University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration and social service schools in Florida. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 25% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 75% are male.

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#5

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Florida is a great place for public administration and social service students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Southeastern University

Lakeland, FL

Southeastern University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Lakeland, SEU 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 Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Administration & Social Service Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 6 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.

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