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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$27,550 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,236 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Undergraduate 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.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Social Sciences

Our analysis found Wright State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for social sciences students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $19,252 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Miami University - Oxford undergraduate students pay an average of $36,288 in tuition and fees each year.

Miami University - Oxford also claimed a spot on our Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,941
Michigan 4,213
Ohio 4,915
Illinois 5,866
Wisconsin 3,504

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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