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Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities 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 / Sciences & Humanities Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 556,813 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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 & Humanities

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college 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.

NC State also claimed a spot on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

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 / sciences and humanities schools in the Southeast Region . UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a 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 / sciences and humanities schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

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#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

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 & Humanities 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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U Miami are $41,036 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U Miami is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,234
West Virginia 3,558
Mississippi 5,696
South Carolina 4,243
Florida 64,444
Virginia 9,302
Arkansas 5,205
Alabama 5,890
Kentucky 6,493
Georgia 7,724
Tennessee 10,186
Louisiana 2,864

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies 556,813

Related Major Annual Graduates
Visual & Performing Arts 149,215
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jacques Sablet (Switzerland, Morges, 1749-1803).

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