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Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$39,361 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general social sciences was ranked #55 in the country. In fact 18,997 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Social Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the best value school in the New England Region for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Boston helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general social sciences schools in the New England Region . UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $36,485 per year.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 259
Connecticut 21
New Hampshire 140
Maine 5
Rhode Island 27
Vermont 16

General Social Sciences 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
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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