2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Virginia. In total, 6,775 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Virginia.
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The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
Out of the 9 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Radford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Radford, Radford is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Radford graduate students pay an average of $12,535 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Virginia. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richmond.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at VCU are $15,518 a year.
VCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
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Out of the 9 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.
University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $20,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Old Dominion University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Old Dominion are $13,224 a year.
With a ranking of #6, George Mason University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GMU are $16,644 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GMU is ranked #5 for overall quality for nursing in Virginia.
Shenandoah University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #4.
South University, Richmond landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. South University, Richmond is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Glen Allen.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at South University, Richmond are $16,320 a year.
With a ranking of #9, Marymount University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.
Marymount graduate students pay an average of $21,016 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Florida | 21,209 |
| North Carolina | 7,425 |
| Tennessee | 6,004 |
| Georgia | 7,112 |
| Kentucky | 6,395 |
| West Virginia | 1,771 |
| Alabama | 7,364 |
| Louisiana | 3,502 |
| Mississippi | 2,838 |
| South Carolina | 3,296 |
| Arkansas | 2,882 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Nursing Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
| Public Health | 40,596 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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).
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