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2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$14,518 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate School for You

Educational Assessment is the #141 most popular major in Virginia with 14 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for assessment students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Assessment

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA

Our analysis found James Madison University to be the best value school for educational assessment students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at JMU are $12,514 per year.

Full Educational Assessment at James Madison University Report

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational assessment schools in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $16,522 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Virginia Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Educational Assessment Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

Full Educational Assessment at Virginia Tech Report

Best Value Educational Assessment Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 16
Georgia 41
North Carolina 49
Tennessee 12
Kentucky 65
Alabama 26
South Carolina 7
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 4
West Virginia 0

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Paul J. Phelps.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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