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2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$14,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Biology Graduate Certificate School for You

With 426 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the #22 most popular major in Virginia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for biology 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.

2023 Best Value General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Biology

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the best value school for general biology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GMU are $16,644 per year.

GMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Biology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

Read full report on General Biology at George Mason University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Virginia Commonwealth University is a great value for general biology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at VCU are $15,518 a year.

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Best Value General Biology Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Biology Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 341
Georgia 262
North Carolina 213
Tennessee 127
Kentucky 94
Louisiana 153
Alabama 232
South Carolina 173
Mississippi 222
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 49

General Biology is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 3,221
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 2,488
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 2,290
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 1,964
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 1,922

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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