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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for liberal arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for liberal arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

#1

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

3 Graduate Certificates

#6 in Quality in the Southeast Region

$29,690 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the best value school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NC State are $29,690 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, NC State is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

7 Graduate Certificates

$14,544 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great value for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC

4 Graduate Certificates

$21,983 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Southeast Region . UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $21,983 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

1 Graduate Certificates

Top 20% in Quality in the Southeast Region

$41,036 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Miami helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value liberal arts general studies schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

U Miami graduate students pay an average of $41,036 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U Miami is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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