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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

19 Colleges
$28,849 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,988 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is the #74 most popular major in the country with 2,680 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. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for liberal arts 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Regis University

Denver, CO

Our 2023 rankings named Regis University the best value school in the United States for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NC State graduate students pay an average of $29,690 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at North Carolina State University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

University of Oklahoma graduate students pay an average of $23,876 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Texas Tech University Report

#5

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UofM are $14,544 a year.

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#6

St John's College

Annapolis, MD

St John’s College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the suburb of Annapolis, St. John's Annapolis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at St. John’s Annapolis are $19,316 a year.

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Indiana University - Southeast ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Indiana University - Southeast is a small public school located in the suburb of New Albany.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Indiana University - Southeast are $18,592 a year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Indiana University - Southeast Report

#8

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.

KU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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#9

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

With a ranking of #9, University of Iowa did quite well on this year’s best value schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Iowa graduate students pay an average of $31,012 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa also did well on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate liberal arts general studies programs. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 per year.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 19 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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