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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,009 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,818 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Liberal Arts General Studies is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 3,558 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for liberal arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Liberal Arts General Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Blue Ridge Community and Technical College the best value school in West Virginia for liberal arts general studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Martinsburg, Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are $4,128 a year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, liberal arts graduates from Blue Ridge Community and Technical College carry an average student debtload of $19,590.

Blue Ridge Community and Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University at Parkersburg. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the suburb of Parkersburg, West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg are $3,890 per year.

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Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,724
Virginia 9,302
North Carolina 18,234
Florida 64,444
Tennessee 10,186
Kentucky 6,493
South Carolina 4,243
Louisiana 2,864
Arkansas 5,205
Alabama 5,890
Mississippi 5,696

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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