2023 Best Value Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many teaching programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
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Our 2023 rankings named Old Dominion University the best value school in Virginia for teaching students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, the large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualifed undergraduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Old Dominion are $30,960 a year.
Old Dominion does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.
Old Dominion did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
Out of the 3 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s value ranking, Shenandoah University landed the # 2 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Winchester, Virginia, and it awarded 17 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Shenandoah are $34,490 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Shenandoah does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 28% took at least some of their classes online.
Shenandoah not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
Out of the 3 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Richmond landed the # 3 spot on the list. URichmond is a private not-for-profit institution located in University of Richmond, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
URichmond undergraduate students pay an average of $58,570 in tuition and fees each year.
URichmond did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Teaching Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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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