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Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,034 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 133 degrees and certificates were awarded to general social sciences students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #123 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arizona 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the best value school in Arizona for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $12,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Tempe is ranked #3 for overall quality for social sciences in Arizona.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Arizona are $13,460 a year.

University of Arizona also took the #4 spot in our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 185
Oklahoma 393
New Mexico 8

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

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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