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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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts & Humanities

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $29,690 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Memphis Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

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

Read full report on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#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 fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, U Miami also did well on our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Miami Report

Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges by State

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

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

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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