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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$8,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Social Sciences is one of the most popular subjects to study in Texas. With 8,901 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Texas 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best value school in Texas for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list, coming in at #1.

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

TWU graduate students pay an average of $7,704 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the small city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $9,060 per year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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Sam Houston State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate social sciences programs. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SHSU are $8,666 per year.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTEP are $7,166 per year.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Dallas are $15,088 a year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 3,347
New Mexico 831
Oklahoma 1,373

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

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

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 9 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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