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2023 Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,934 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

With 156 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, writing studies is the #49 most popular major in Virginia.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for writing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Writing Studies

#1

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Old Dominion University the best value school in Virginia for writing studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Old Dominion graduate students pay an average of $13,224 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at George Mason University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value writing studies schools in Virginia. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.

GMU graduate students pay an average of $16,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GMU also made our Best Writing Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Writing Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 237
Georgia 60
North Carolina 146
Tennessee 22
Kentucky 60
Louisiana 34
Alabama 44
South Carolina 35
Mississippi 15
Arkansas 52
West Virginia 18

One of 3 majors within the area of study, writing studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Writing

Related Major Annual Graduates
General English Literature 4,966
English Literature (Other) 175
Literature 162

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 KOKUYO.

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