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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,347 degrees and certificates were awarded to social sciences students who went to a Arizona college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

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 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in Arizona to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for social sciences majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our analysis found University of Arizona to be the most popular school for social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in social sciences at University of Arizona, 38% are male and 63% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the social sciences majors at the school.

Full Social Sciences at Northern Arizona University Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social sciences schools in Arizona. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

About 83% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 17% are male.

Read full report on Social Sciences at Arizona State University - Tempe

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 8,901
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

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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