2023 Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 17,510 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Lynchburg the best value school in Virginia for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lynchburg are $11,759 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Radford University is a great value for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Radford are $12,535 a year.
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Out of the 12 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the # 3 spot on the list. JMU is a very large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg.
JMU graduate students pay an average of $12,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Virginia Commonwealth University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Virginia. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at VCU are $15,518 per year.
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Out of the 12 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Old Dominion University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Old Dominion are $13,224 per year.
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Eastern Virginia Medical School came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
Eastern Virginia Medical School graduate students pay an average of $22,901 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $20,906 per year.
University of Virginia also took the #2 spot in our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.
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Hampton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Hampton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Hampton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hampton are $13,134 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Shenandoah University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.
Shenandoah not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia list.
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Mary Baldwin University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small city of Staunton, Mary Baldwin is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Mary Baldwin graduate students pay an average of $13,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18,617 |
| West Virginia | 5,590 |
| Mississippi | 6,374 |
| South Carolina | 7,283 |
| Florida | 49,046 |
| Arkansas | 6,286 |
| Alabama | 12,636 |
| Kentucky | 10,991 |
| Georgia | 15,658 |
| Tennessee | 13,576 |
| Louisiana | 7,992 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 12 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.