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2023 Best Value Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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Finding the Best Economics Graduate Certificate School for You

Economics is the #76 most popular major in Kentucky with 20 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

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

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Check out the economics graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Economics Graduate Certificate School

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our 2023 rankings named Western Kentucky University the best value school in Kentucky for economics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WKU are $12,140 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, WKU is ranked #3 for overall quality for economics in Kentucky.

Full Economics at Western Kentucky University Report

Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 128
Florida 110
Georgia 123
North Carolina 193
Tennessee 71
Louisiana 20
Alabama 38
South Carolina 29
Mississippi 14
Arkansas 14
West Virginia 8

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446

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).
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