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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, social sciences students earned 1,263 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

Top Texas Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Sciences

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best school for social sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

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Out of the 9 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 2 spot on the list. TWU is a large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best social sciences schools in Texas. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the city of Richardson.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 9 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UNT is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denton.

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Sam Houston State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for social sciences students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a very large student population.

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The University of Texas at El Paso came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 465
Oklahoma 93
New Mexico 106

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907
Anthropology 1,446
Criminology 936
General Social Sciences 745
Other Social Sciences 532
Urban Studies 432
Archeology 66
Demography & Population Studies 66

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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