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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$47,376 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general social sciences was ranked #153 in the country. In fact 745 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for social sciences 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 General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Social Sciences

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full General Social Sciences at Purdue University - Main Campus Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general social sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.

Full General Social Sciences at Kent State University at Kent Report

Out of the 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Case Western Reserve University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Case Western are $49,398 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Case Western is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general social sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in tuition and fees each year.

UChicago did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full General Social Sciences at University of Chicago Report

Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general social sciences colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 6
Illinois 185
Ohio 24
Indiana 1

General Social Sciences is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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