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2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

3 Colleges
$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Education Graduate Certificate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in Virginia for general education students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 33% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 67% are male.

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#2

Longwood University

Farmville, VA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Longwood University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general education schools in Virginia. Longwood is a small public school located in the remote town of Farmville.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

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Best General Education Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 averages are for the top 3 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 KOKUYO.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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