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Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 1,771 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in West Virginia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

Our 2023 rankings named Wheeling University the best value school in West Virginia for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wheeling University are $10,160 a year.

Wheeling University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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#2

Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a large public school located in the small city of Huntington.

Marshall University graduate students pay an average of $8,882 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Marshall University also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,112
Virginia 6,775
North Carolina 7,425
Florida 21,209
Tennessee 6,004
Kentucky 6,395
South Carolina 3,296
Louisiana 3,502
Arkansas 2,882
Alabama 7,364
Mississippi 2,838

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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