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2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$37,580 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,988 Avg Salary

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, liberal arts general studies was ranked #74 in the country. In fact 2,680 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our analysis found Indiana University - Southeast to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of New Albany, Indiana University - Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

Indiana University - Southeast graduate students pay an average of $18,592 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that liberal arts majors at Northwestern take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $21,333.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Northwestern University

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best liberal arts general studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 13
Illinois 290
Ohio 62
Indiana 19
Wisconsin 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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