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2023 Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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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.

The Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Oregon University is a great place for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southern Oregon University is a great place for general social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Ashland.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Naval Postgraduate School helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general social sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

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Best General Social Sciences Colleges by State

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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 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).

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