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2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

4 Schools Ranked
$10,107 Avg Tuition & Fees*

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Virginia to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

American National University

Salem, Virginia
42 Total Awards

Our analysis found American National University to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Virginia. American National University is a private for-profit institution located in Salem, Virginia. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 42 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

If you are interested in distance education, American National University is an excellent choice, since the school is online.

Full American National University Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
34 Total Awards
$16,160 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and it awarded 34 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $16,160 to cover tuition and fees at Liberty University. The school does not offer an in-state discount. Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Liberty University Report

#3

Mountain Empire Community College

Big Stone Gap, Virginia
234 Total Awards
$4,710 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at Mountain Empire Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Virginia. MECC is a small public school situated in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. It awarded 234 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

In-state students pay an average of $4,710 in tuition and fees if they attend MECC full time. Those students who come from outside the state pay an average of $10,713. Around 91% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 75% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Read full report on Mountain Empire Community College

$9,450 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Management and Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list.

If you don’t receive financial aid, you can expect a bill for $9,450 to cover tuition and fees at University of Management and Technology. The school does not offer an in-state discount.

University of Management and Technology is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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