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2023 Best Value Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$17,987 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Anthropology Graduate Certificate School for You

Anthropology is the #77 most popular major in the country with 11,415 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for anthropology students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for anthropology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Anthropology

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Our 2023 rankings named Creighton University the best value school in the Plains States Region for anthropology students working on their graduate certificate. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

Creighton graduate students pay an average of $19,096 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Anthropology at Creighton University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WSU are $15,323 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

UNL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Anthropology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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Best Anthropology Colleges by State

Explore the best anthropology colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 205
Minnesota 109
Kansas 82
Iowa 103
Nebraska 50
North Dakota 16
South Dakota 13

Anthropology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 Deror avi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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