2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You
Psychology is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 1,767 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for psychology 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.
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2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for psychology majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in Virginia for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Mason University is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
GMU graduate students pay an average of $16,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
GMU also took the #3 spot in our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lynchburg are $11,759 a year.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Radford University is a great value for psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Radford are $12,535 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at William & Mary helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value psychology schools in Virginia. Located in the small suburb of Williamsburg, William & Mary is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
William & Mary graduate students pay an average of $16,618 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
William & Mary did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
Old Dominion University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for psychology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Old Dominion are $13,224 per year.
Shenandoah University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.
Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Mississippi | 134 |
Florida | 2,049 |
North Carolina | 318 |
Tennessee | 424 |
Georgia | 495 |
South Carolina | 169 |
Louisiana | 249 |
West Virginia | 195 |
Kentucky | 819 |
Arkansas | 47 |
Alabama | 355 |
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Majors Related to Psychology
Psychology Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
General Psychology | 8,051 |
Child Development & Psychology | 2,576 |
Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Majors Similar to Psychology
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Education | 199,724 |
Social Sciences | 22,292 |
Communication & Journalism | 12,242 |
Library Science | 5,929 |
History | 4,391 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 7 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 Nevit Dilmen.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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