2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States 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.

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.

The Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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 Plains States 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 Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts General Studies

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

2 Graduate Certificates

#25 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$25,007 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the best value school in the Plains States Region for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

3 Graduate Certificates

#14 in Quality in the Plains States Region

$31,012 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $31,012 per year.

Iowa also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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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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