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Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$22,698 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

General Social Sciences is the #153 most popular major in the country with 745 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the best value school for general social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 23
Oregon 0
Nevada 1

One of 12 majors within the area of study, general social sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Manfred Werner (Tsui).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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