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Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

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

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

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

Public Administration & Social Service is the #14 most popular major in Tennessee with 1,564 degrees and certificates awarded 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 Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Tennessee to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the most popular school for public administration and social service students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Tennessee. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

Of the 86 students majoring in public administration and social service at UT Knoxville, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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#2

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration and social service schools in Tennessee. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

Women make up 66% of the public administration and social service majors at the school.

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#3

South College

Knoxville, TN

Out of the 4 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, South College landed the # 3 spot on the list. South College is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public & Social Service Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the city of Chattanooga.

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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
Florida 4,199
Virginia 2,154
Arkansas 683
Alabama 1,668
Kentucky 2,072
Georgia 1,475
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

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 4 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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