2021 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, 6,650 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Virginia.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2021 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 2021 rankings named Shenandoah University the best value school in Virginia for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Winchester.
Shenandoah graduate students pay an average of $22,665 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Shenandoah not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at GMU are $15,648 per year.
GMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Marymount University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Virginia. Marymount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marymount are $19,296 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University, Richmond. It ranked #4 on our 2021 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. South University, Richmond is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Glen Allen.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at South University, Richmond are $15,819 per year.
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Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 18,904 |
North Carolina | 7,453 |
Georgia | 7,379 |
Tennessee | 5,664 |
Alabama | 6,743 |
Mississippi | 2,876 |
Louisiana | 3,193 |
Kentucky | 5,348 |
West Virginia | 1,530 |
South Carolina | 3,394 |
Arkansas | 2,869 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
One of 34 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 99,641 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 93,192 |
Allied Health Professions | 86,697 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 82,868 |
Public Health | 36,569 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 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.
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