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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$10,918 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,228 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was the most popular one in Virginia. In total, 11,308 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Virginia.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Business Administration & Management

Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in Virginia for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Virginia are $19,785 a year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Virginia - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Nelson Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Hampton, TNCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TNCC are $4,806 per year. The average amount in student loans that business administration majors at TNCC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $25,167.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Virginia Community College is a great value for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 a year. Business Administration majors at Northern Virginia Community College take out an average of $15,292 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Northern Virginia Community College also made our Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Full Business Administration & Management at Northern Virginia Community College Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Virginia is a great value for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Strayer University - Virginia is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Arlington.

Strayer University - Virginia undergraduate students pay an average of $13,515 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Strayer University - Virginia Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American National University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the midsize suburb of Salem, American National University is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

American National University undergraduate students pay an average of $10,288 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at American National University Report

Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,852
North Carolina 10,472
Florida 18,071
Tennessee 6,169
Kentucky 2,692
South Carolina 4,017
Louisiana 5,195
Arkansas 2,031
Alabama 7,031
Mississippi 2,589
West Virginia 4,631

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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