2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students, making the major the most popular in the country.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast 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.
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.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts General Studies
Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.
NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Southeast Region . UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 a year.
U Miami also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Request InformationBest Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State
Explore the best liberal arts general studies colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 7,724 |
| Virginia | 9,302 |
| North Carolina | 18,234 |
| Florida | 64,444 |
| Tennessee | 10,186 |
| Kentucky | 6,493 |
| South Carolina | 4,243 |
| Louisiana | 2,864 |
| Arkansas | 5,205 |
| Alabama | 5,890 |
| Mississippi | 5,696 |
| West Virginia | 3,558 |
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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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.