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2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$9,428 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,137 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 924 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fairmont State are $7,892 a year.

Fairmont State also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #4.

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Out of the 5 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University also made our Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #1.

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#3

Concord University

Athens, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Concord University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the town of Athens, Concord University is a public school with a small student population.

Concord University graduate students pay an average of $9,450 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

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 #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the small 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 Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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#5

Salem University

Salem, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salem University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Salem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Salem.

Salem graduate students pay an average of $13,864 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
Virginia 7,400
Tennessee 3,386
North Carolina 4,150
Georgia 6,283
South Carolina 2,297
Louisiana 1,732
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 5 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.

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