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2023 Best Value Science, Technology & Society Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$8,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Science, Technology & Society Graduate Certificate School for You

With 4 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, science, technology and society is the #242 most popular major in California.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Science, Technology & Society Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Science, Technology & Society Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Science, Technology & Society Graduate Certificate School

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for science, technology and society students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SFSU are $8,738 a year.

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State Degrees Awarded

Science, Technology & Society is one of 36 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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