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2023 Most Popular Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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$22,620 Avg Salary
$17,464 Avg Student Debt

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

Public Administration & Social Service is one of the most popular subjects to study in Massachusetts. With 3,668 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Public & Social Service Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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.

Check out the public administration and social service undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Massachusetts.

Our 2023 rankings named Quinsigamond Community College the most popular school in Massachusetts for public administration and social service students working on their undergraduate certificate. Quinsigamond Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Worcester.

About 84% of the students majoring in public administration and social service at the school are women while 16% are male.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Quinsigamond Community College Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public administration and social service schools in Massachusetts. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Full Public Administration & Social Service at Boston University Report

Best Public Administration & Social Service Colleges in the New England Region

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

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

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 2 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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