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Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$9,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Social Sciences is the #13 most popular major in Alabama with 1,640 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alabama 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Alabama the best value school in Alabama for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Florence, UNA is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $7,140 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. UAB is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UAB are $8,100 a year.

UAB also took the #5 spot in our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama rankings.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Alabama. Auburn is a very large public school located in the city of Auburn.

Auburn graduate students pay an average of $11,826 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Auburn also made our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 5,208
West Virginia 788
Mississippi 722
South Carolina 1,876
Florida 8,162
Virginia 7,636
Arkansas 897
Kentucky 1,344
Georgia 3,932
Tennessee 2,210
Louisiana 1,534

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 3 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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