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2023 Best Value Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,295 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,639 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, computer information systems was ranked 5th in Virginia. In fact, 3,727 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for CIS 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 Computer Information Systems Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Computer Information Systems

Our 2023 rankings named Tidewater Community College the best value school in Virginia for computer information systems students working on their undergraduate certificate. 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. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, CIS majors at Tidewater Community College accumulate an average of around $17,227 in student debt.

Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Tidewater Community College

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VCU are $15,028 a year.

Read full report on Computer Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University

Best Value Computer Information Systems Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Computer Information Systems Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 4,742
North Carolina 1,634
Florida 5,133
Tennessee 754
Kentucky 1,480
South Carolina 769
Louisiana 135
Arkansas 570
Alabama 1,330
Mississippi 333
West Virginia 403

One of 10 majors within the area of study, computer information systems has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Science 59,565
Information Technology 40,555
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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