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2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$8,995 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$51,829 Avg Salary

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 Value 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 value graduate certificate programs for social sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

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

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

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $10,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.

Full Social Sciences at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $7,704 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas State University is a great value for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas State are $9,060 a year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Texas Tech are $9,518 a year.

Full Social Sciences at Texas Tech University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UNT is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

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Sam Houston State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SHSU are $8,666 a year.

Full Social Sciences at Sam Houston State University Report

The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at El Paso did quite well on this year’s best value schools for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTEP are $7,166 a year.

Full Social Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso Report

The University of Texas at Dallas 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 #9 on the list. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the city of Richardson.

UT Dallas graduate students pay an average of $15,088 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

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.

  • 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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