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2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

5 Schools Ranked
$17,861 Avg Student Debt

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for teaching students. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for teaching students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Fairmont State University

Fairmont, West Virginia
$7,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Fairmont State University the best school in West Virginia for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Fairmont State. In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Fairmont State University Report

#2

Concord University

Athens, West Virginia
$9,450 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Concord University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in West Virginia.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Concord University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full Concord University Report

#3

Salem University

Salem, West Virginia
$13,864 Average Tuition & Fees
$17,861 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salem University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Salem accumulate an average of $17,861 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

Since the graduate programs at Salem are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

Full Salem University Report

#4

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia
$8,882 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the # 4 spot on the list.

One thing to take note of is that Marshall University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 83% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

Full Marshall University Report

#5

American Public University System

Charles Town, West Virginia
$7,050 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American Public University System. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

American Military University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

Full American Public University System Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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