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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$19,910 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,988 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the most popular major in the United States with 142,446 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the liberal arts graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our analysis found California State University - Dominguez Hills to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the small city of Carson, CSUDH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

CSUDH graduate students pay an average of $17,998 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at California State University - Dominguez Hills Report

Our analysis found California State University - Los Angeles to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $17,723 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at California State University - Los Angeles

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Portland State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Far Western US Region . Portland State University is a very large public school located in the large city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 a year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Portland State University Report

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 52,773
Washington 17,408
Oregon 8,599
Nevada 1,679
Hawaii 2,024
Alaska 417

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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