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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$48,577 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,236 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 205,984 social sciences students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #6 most popular in the country.

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

The Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the social sciences undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri Southern State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for social sciences students working on their undergraduate certificate. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri Southern are $15,896 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . UMSL is a large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMSL are $30,570 per year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UST MN are $48,329 per year.

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#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SLU are $48,824 per year.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,073
Minnesota 2,741
Iowa 1,455
South Dakota 262
Missouri 2,156
Nebraska 833
North Dakota 194

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 4 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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