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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$9,422 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 207 degrees and certificates were awarded to educational administration students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education admin 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 Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration

Our 2023 rankings named Fairmont State University the best value school in West Virginia for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the town of Fairmont.

Fairmont State graduate students pay an average of $7,892 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Fairmont State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, American Military University is ranked #1 for overall quality for education admin in West Virginia.

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#3

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marshall University are $8,882 a year.

Marshall University also took the #5 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.

Full Educational Administration at Marshall University Report

#4

Salem University

Salem, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Salem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salem are $13,864 a year. On average, education admin graduates from Salem take out $17,861 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Read full report on Educational Administration at Salem University

Best Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,582
Florida 1,540
Georgia 739
North Carolina 1,205
Tennessee 1,211
Kentucky 1,005
Louisiana 538
Alabama 618
South Carolina 402
Mississippi 783
Arkansas 1,193

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Education Admin

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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 Shai-WMIL.

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