2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best History Graduate Certificate School for You
History is the #23 most popular major in the country with 32,731 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for history students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in History
Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for history students working on their graduate certificate. SHSU is a very large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.
UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Arlington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 per year.
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Request InformationBest History Colleges by State
Explore the best history colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 640 |
| Texas | 2,312 |
| New Mexico | 115 |
| Oklahoma | 242 |
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History Related Majors for History
History Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| History | 32,731 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences | 55,820 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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 Abraham Ortelius.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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