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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

21 Colleges
$11,350 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,854 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in Virginia with 20,162 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in Virginia to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

Check out the business, management and marketing associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools

Our analysis found Reynolds Community College to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a associate degree in Virginia. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Richmond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Reynolds Community College are $3,998 per year.

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Out of the 21 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, John Tyler Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at John Tyler Community College are $4,800 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, John Tyler Community College also is in the top 20% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking.

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#3

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Charlottesville, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Piedmont Virginia Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, PVCC is a public school with a small student population.

PVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northern Virginia Community College is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their associate degree. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

Northern Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,565 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northern Virginia Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Virginia.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Tidewater Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Virginia. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

Tidewater Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,561 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Thomas Nelson Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the midsize city of Hampton, TNCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

TNCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,806 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Management and Technology ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. University of Management and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Arlington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Management and Technology are $9,450 a year.

University of Management and Technology also took the #1 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.

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Virginia Western Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. Virginia Western Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Roanoke.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Virginia Western Community College are $5,355 a year.

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#9

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyers Cave, VA

Blue Ridge Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. BRCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Weyers Cave.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BRCC are $5,364 per year.

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New River Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Associate Degree Schools in Virginia list. Located in the town of Dublin, NRCC is a public college with a small student population.

NRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,697 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 19,372
West Virginia 7,145
South Carolina 10,000
Florida 38,945
Arkansas 5,320
Mississippi 6,031
Tennessee 10,909
Louisiana 10,068
Alabama 13,789
Kentucky 8,045
Georgia 19,137

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 21 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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