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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

10 Colleges
$16,040 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree School for You

Education is the most popular major in Virginia with 7,400 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Education Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Old Dominion University the best value school in Virginia for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Old Dominion are $13,224 per year.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

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

Virginia Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

Out of the 10 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, William & Mary landed the # 4 spot on the list. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.

William & Mary graduate students pay an average of $16,618 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Virginia. Virginia State is a small public school located in the large suburb of Petersburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Virginia State are $11,989 a year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Virginia are $20,906 a year.

University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.

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#7

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GMU are $16,644 a year.

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Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. VCU is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richmond.

VCU graduate students pay an average of $15,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

Shenandoah University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winchester.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Shenandoah are $23,430 a year.

Shenandoah also made our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #4.

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#10

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Regent University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Regent graduate students pay an average of $17,190 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 2,371
Florida 5,192
North Carolina 4,150
Tennessee 3,386
Georgia 6,283
South Carolina 2,297
Louisiana 1,732
West Virginia 924
Kentucky 3,387
Arkansas 3,395
Alabama 3,231

Education Majors to Study

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
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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