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2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$13,034 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 12 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general social sciences is the #140 most popular major in Arizona.

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'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 Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Social Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Tempe the best value school in Arizona for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ASU - Tempe are $12,608 a year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 2 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value General Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 7

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

Majors Similar to Social Sciences

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 2 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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