2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

Finding the Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts / sciences and humanities was ranked 3rd in Iowa. In fact, 5,966 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Iowa ranking.

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.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
Kansas	6,339
Minnesota	6,264
South Dakota	222
Missouri	8,280
Nebraska	1,612
North Dakota	953

Majors Related to Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies	556,813

Majors Similar to Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 values are for the top school 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.