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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 205,984 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #6 most popular major in the United States.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the Southwest Region for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southwest Region . University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Woman’s University is a great place for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas at Dallas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Southwest Region . UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the city of Richardson.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

With a ranking of #6, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate social sciences programs. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate social sciences programs. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

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Northern Arizona University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate social sciences programs. NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,347
Texas 8,901
New Mexico 831
Oklahoma 1,373

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415
Criminology 11,039
Geography & Cartography 8,526
Other Social Sciences 2,414
Urban Studies 1,507
Sociology & Anthropology 541
Archeology 339
Demography & Population Studies 88

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 14 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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