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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$32,332 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. 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.

The Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alabama at Birmingham the best value school in the Southeast Region for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UAB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.

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#2

University of West Georgia

Carrollton, GA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of West Georgia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. University of West Georgia is a large public school located in the fringe town of Carrollton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of West Georgia are $18,980 per year.

University of West Georgia excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emory University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Emory graduate students pay an average of $45,684 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Emory also is in the top 10% of our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 51
Virginia 1,592
North Carolina 114
Florida 606
Tennessee 269
Kentucky 52
South Carolina 64
Louisiana 59
Arkansas 16
Alabama 95
Mississippi 55
West Virginia 14

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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