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2023 Most Popular Online Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

2 Colleges
$63,791 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, 470 degrees and certificates were awarded to public policy students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #61 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Public Policy Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online public policy graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Virginia.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for public policy students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Virginia. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 35% of the students majoring in public policy at the school are women while 65% are male.

Read full report on Public Policy at Liberty University

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public policy schools in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Blacksburg.

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State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 87
North Carolina 463
Florida 13
Tennessee 104
Kentucky 22
South Carolina 2
Louisiana 8
Arkansas 8
Alabama 9
Mississippi 51
West Virginia 23

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One of 5 majors within the area of study, public policy has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Policy

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Work 58,326
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

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 The Official CTBTO Photostream.

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