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2023 Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$16,160 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,282 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Education is the #42 most popular major in Virginia with 918 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 General Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Education Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best General Education Bachelor's Degree School

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in Virginia for general education students working on their bachelor’s degree. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Liberty University undergraduate students pay an average of $16,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Education majors at Liberty University take out an average of $37,420 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value General Education Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 117
North Carolina 255
Florida 622
Tennessee 605
Kentucky 95
South Carolina 352
Louisiana 116
Arkansas 133
Alabama 115
Mississippi 407
West Virginia 301

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Education

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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