2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You
General Education is the #12 most popular major in the country with 21,189 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education 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.
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2023 Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Union College Kentucky to be the best value school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Barbourville.
Union College graduate students pay an average of $8,210 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Mississippi is a great value for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNA are $13,860 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general education schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
Out of the 20 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Macon, Mercer is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.
With a ranking of #6, Jackson State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 per year.
University of Alabama at Birmingham did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAB are $19,188 a year.
University of Georgia landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate general education programs. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 10% of our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
With a ranking of #9, University of Memphis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $14,544 per year.
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Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Auburn are $31,986 a year.
Auburn excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
Best General Education Colleges by State
Explore the best general education schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 864 |
| Florida | 407 |
| Georgia | 106 |
| North Carolina | 144 |
| Tennessee | 309 |
| Kentucky | 87 |
| Louisiana | 77 |
| Alabama | 115 |
| South Carolina | 286 |
| Mississippi | 276 |
| Arkansas | 51 |
| West Virginia | 230 |
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Majors Related to Education
One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 45,458 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 34,451 |
| Special Education | 25,158 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 20,616 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 19,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 20 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).
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