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2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Finding the Best Social Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

With 22,292 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, social sciences is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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 Social Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the social sciences graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for social sciences students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

Women make up 53% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Of the 52 students majoring in social sciences at DU, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Utah State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular social sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 48% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 62% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boise State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 44% of the social sciences majors at the school.

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#6

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

University of Wyoming landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate social sciences programs. UW is a large public school located in the town of Laramie.

About 75% of the students majoring in social sciences at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#6

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Idaho State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate social sciences programs. ISU is a large public school located in the small city of Pocatello.

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#8

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate social sciences programs. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the town of Moscow.

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The University of Montana ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a large public school located in the small city of Missoula.

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Colorado School of Mines came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Social Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Golden, Mines is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Social Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best social sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 228
Colorado 423
Montana 32
Idaho 57
Wyoming 16

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 11 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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