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2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$18,878 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best History Graduate Certificate School for You

History is the #25 most popular major in the country with 4,391 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for history students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value History Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in History

Our 2023 rankings named Sam Houston State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for history students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.

Read full report on History at Sam Houston State University

Out of the 3 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at El Paso landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UTEP graduate students pay an average of $16,621 in tuition and fees each year.

Full History at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value History Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 per year.

Full History at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

Best History Colleges by State

Explore the best history colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 162
Texas 292
Oklahoma 34
New Mexico 9

History Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
History 4,391

Majors Similar to History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

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 Abraham Ortelius.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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