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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 3,516 degrees and certificates from a Colorado school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Colorado.

#1

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named University of Denver the most popular school in Colorado for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 35% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

About 62% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 38% are male.

Full Social Sciences at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

Out of the 4 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado School of Mines landed the # 3 spot on the list. Mines is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Golden.

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#4

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Colorado Mesa University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social sciences schools in Colorado. Colorado Mesa is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Grand Junction.

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 2,405
Montana 368
Idaho 679
Wyoming 253

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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