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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,427 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

General Social Sciences is the #55 most popular major in the country with 18,997 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Social Sciences

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great value for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.

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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Idaho helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general social sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of I is a large public school located in the town of Moscow.

U of I graduate students pay an average of $29,148 in tuition and fees each 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 Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 47
Utah 127
Idaho 39
Montana 0
Wyoming 58

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

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 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 Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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