2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You
With 207 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #36 most popular major in West Virginia.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education admin 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. 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.
Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Educational Administration
Our 2023 rankings named Fairmont State University the best value school in West Virginia for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the town of Fairmont.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Fairmont State are $7,892 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Fairmont State is ranked #4 for overall quality for education admin in West Virginia.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at American Public University System helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in West Virginia. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
American Military University also took the #1 spot in our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Huntington.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marshall University are $8,882 per year.
Marshall University also made our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Salem University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Salem is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Salem.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salem are $13,864 a year. While working on their Graduate Certificate, education admin majors at Salem accumulate an average of around $17,861 in student debt.
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Request InformationBest Value Educational Administration Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Educational Administration Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Georgia | 776 |
Virginia | 1,582 |
North Carolina | 1,205 |
Florida | 1,764 |
Tennessee | 1,225 |
Kentucky | 1,005 |
South Carolina | 402 |
Louisiana | 538 |
Arkansas | 1,193 |
Alabama | 618 |
Mississippi | 783 |
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Majors Related to Education Admin
One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Education Admin
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Teacher Education Grade Specific | 110,226 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific | 43,297 |
Special Education | 36,792 |
General Education | 29,810 |
Curriculum & Instruction | 19,832 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 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).
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