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Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$8,916 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 5,590 degrees and certificates from a West Virginia school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees 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 Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Fairmont State University the best value school in West Virginia for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Fairmont State is a small public school located in the town of Fairmont.

Fairmont State graduate students pay an average of $7,892 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Fairmont State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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#2

Wheeling University

Wheeling, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wheeling University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Wheeling University graduate students pay an average of $10,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wheeling University is ranked #2 for overall quality for health professions in West Virginia.

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Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Shepherd University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Shepherd University is a small public school located in the town of Shepherdstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Shepherd University are $8,730 a year.

Shepherd University also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Marshall University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Marshall University is a large public school located in the small city of Huntington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Marshall University are $8,882 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Marshall University is ranked #5 for overall quality for health professions in West Virginia.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 18,617
Mississippi 6,374
South Carolina 7,283
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Arkansas 6,286
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658
Tennessee 13,576
Louisiana 7,992

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
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
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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