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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.

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Tempe to be the best value school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

ASU - Tempe not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general social sciences schools in Arizona. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Read full report on General Social Sciences at University of Arizona

Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Schools 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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