2023 Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Sociology Graduate Certificate School for You
Sociology is the #94 most popular major in the country with 1,907 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for sociology 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Sociology
Our 2023 rankings named Texas Woman’s University the best value school in the United States for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.
Appalachian State graduate students pay an average of $23,017 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SHSU are $16,009 a year.
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Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.
UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $21,983 in tuition and fees each year.
Read full report on Sociology at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oakland University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Oakland is a large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 a year.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for sociology students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $24,005 per year.
Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 a year.
Columbia also claimed a spot on our Best Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Middle Tennessee State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Sociology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Middle Tennessee State University are $27,432 per year.
Read full report on Sociology at Middle Tennessee State University
University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for sociology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.
UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.
Sociology by Region
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Majors Related to Sociology
Sociology is one of 12 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Sociology
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Economics | 6,173 |
| International Relations & National Security | 5,010 |
| Political Science & Government | 2,664 |
| Geography & Cartography | 2,315 |
| Anthropology | 1,446 |
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).
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