2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region 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.
Top 10 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Salem State University the best value school in the New England Region for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Salem State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Salem.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Salem State are $10,477 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Harvard are $52,170 per year.
Harvard not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern New Hampshire University landed the # 3 spot on the list. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tufts University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
Tufts graduate students pay an average of $55,216 in tuition and fees each year.
Tufts also made our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.
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University of Southern Maine landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate social sciences programs. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Portland.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Southern Maine are $22,968 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Rhode Island did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a large student population.
URI graduate students pay an average of $29,774 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Maine came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMaine are $29,490 per year.
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University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, UMass Boston is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $36,485 per year.
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University of Connecticut came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.
UCONN graduate students pay an average of $42,237 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1,458 |
| Maine | 933 |
| Rhode Island | 1,124 |
| Massachusetts | 8,752 |
| Connecticut | 2,891 |
| Vermont | 769 |
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Social Sciences Related Majors for Social Sciences
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 10 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).
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