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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 864 degrees and certificates were awarded to general education students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia 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 General Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 33% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#2

Longwood University

Farmville, VA

Out of the 3 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Longwood University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Longwood is a small public school located in the town of Farmville.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in Virginia. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 407
Georgia 106
North Carolina 144
Tennessee 309
Kentucky 87
Louisiana 77
Alabama 115
South Carolina 286
Mississippi 276
Arkansas 51
West Virginia 230

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

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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