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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 184 degrees and certificates were awarded to nursing students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

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

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

#1

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

Our analysis found Wheeling University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in West Virginia. Located in the city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Wheeling University graduate students pay an average of $10,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Wheeling University also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Full Nursing at Wheeling University Report

#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Marshall University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marshall University are $8,882 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Marshall University is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in West Virginia.

Full Nursing at Marshall University Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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