2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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The Best Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Virginia to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for teaching 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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Top Value Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia
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Our analysis found Old Dominion University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Virginia. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, the large public school awarded 61 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Old Dominion graduate students pay an average of $33,288 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Old Dominion, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Old Dominion also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 56 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia Tech are $31,443 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Virginia Tech. During the 2019-2020 year, about 63% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Virginia Tech also made our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #3.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 387 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Liberty University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William & Mary. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the medium-sized public school handed out 21 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William & Mary are $34,978 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at William & Mary. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
William & Mary not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Virginia State University is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Virginia State University is a small public school located in Petersburg, Virginia that handed out 7 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Virginia State are $22,994 a year.
University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree teaching programs. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at University of Virginia, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, University of Virginia is ranked #2 for overall quality in Virginia.
George Mason University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. GMU is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GMU are $37,956 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at GMU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 87% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
GMU also took the #5 spot in our Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in Richmond, Virginia, the large public school awarded 52 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $29,546 per year.
VCU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 62% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Shenandoah University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 6 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Shenandoah graduate students pay an average of $23,430 in tuition and fees each year.
Shenandoah does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 79% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Regent University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Regent is a private not-for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 116 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Regent graduate students pay an average of $17,190 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Regent. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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*These averages are for the top 10 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%.
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