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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,449 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 925 degrees and certificates from a Nevada school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Nevada to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada

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

Best Nevada Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Sciences

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Nevada. UNR is a very large public school located in the city of Reno.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNR are $6,290 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNLV are $6,607 a year.

UNLV not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 51,430
Washington 3,812
Oregon 2,748
Hawaii 586
Alaska 90

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 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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