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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,357 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,988 Avg Salary

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

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 52,773 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for liberal arts 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Los Angeles the best value school in California for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cal State LA are $8,219 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the city of Carson, CSUDH is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUDH are $8,494 per year.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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