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2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,128 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,009 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, information technology students earned 758 degrees and certificates from a West Virginia school, making the subject the 9th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for IT students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Information Technology

Our 2023 rankings named Blue Ridge Community and Technical College the best value school in West Virginia for information technology students working on their undergraduate certificate. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Martinsburg.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are $4,128 per year.

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Mountwest Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value information technology schools in West Virginia. MCTC is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MCTC are $4,692 a year.

MCTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Information Technology Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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Best Value Information Technology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 944
Virginia 1,707
North Carolina 181
Florida 1,470
Tennessee 37
Kentucky 2,193
South Carolina 84
Louisiana 85
Arkansas 55
Alabama 176
Mississippi 49

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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