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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$26,813 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,988 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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 large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NC State also is in the top 5% of our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at North Carolina State University

#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Memphis. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. 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.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Memphis Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 a year.

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#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Miami. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in tuition and fees each 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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Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools 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

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.

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