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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$10,815 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Social Sciences is the #16 most popular major in Indiana with 290 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Indiana 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Social Sciences

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue are $9,992 per year.

Purdue also made our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $11,329 per year.

IU Bloomington did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

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#4

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Valparaiso University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.

Valpo graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Valpo also took the #4 spot in our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social sciences schools in Indiana. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at IUPUI are $10,389 per year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,111
Ohio 575
Wisconsin 518
Michigan 441

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 5 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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