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2023 Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

4 Colleges
$44,236 Avg Salary
$23,935 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 205,984 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best undergraduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Social Sciences

Our analysis found University of St Thomas Minnesota to be the best school for social sciences students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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#3

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Missouri Southern State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,073
Minnesota 2,741
Iowa 1,455
South Dakota 262
Missouri 2,156
Nebraska 833
North Dakota 194

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

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 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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