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Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$12,319 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,818 Avg Salary

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

With 556,813 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found College of Southern Maryland to be the best value school for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the rural area of La Plata, CSM is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSM are $9,030 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CSM also is in the top 5% of our Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prince George’s Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Largo, PGCC is a public college with a large student population.

PGCC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,474 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Fulton-Montgomery Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . FM is a small public school located in the rural area of Johnstown.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FM are $5,718 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harrisburg Area Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

HACC undergraduate students pay an average of $9,818 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Genesee Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts / sciences and humanities schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the town of Batavia, GCC is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GCC are $5,840 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Rowan College at Burlington County did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Mount Laurel, RCBC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RCBC are $6,901 a year.

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Raritan Valley Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Branchburg, RVCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RVCC are $6,912 per year.

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Community College of Baltimore County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, CCBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCBC are $10,062 per year.

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Allegany College of Maryland landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs. Located in the city of Cumberland, Allegany College of Maryland is a public college with a small student population.

Allegany College of Maryland undergraduate students pay an average of $10,280 in tuition and fees each year.

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Sussex County Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for liberal arts / sciences and humanities students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Newton, Sussex County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Sussex County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,760 in tuition and fees each year.

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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 Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 9,619
Pennsylvania 3,589
New York 19,150
Maryland 9,515
Delaware 649
District of Columbia 145

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 20 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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