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Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,896 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 897 degrees and certificates were awarded to social sciences students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UCA is a large public school located in the small city of Conway.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCA are $6,773 per year.

UCA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $9,018 per year.

UARK also took the #2 spot in our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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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
Alabama 1,640
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 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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