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2023 Best Value Economics Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,784 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Economics School for You

With 42 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, economics is the #99 most popular major in West Virginia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Value Economics Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value programs for economics 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.

2023 Best Value Economics Schools in West Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Economics Colleges.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality in Economics

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV
$7,784 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Shepherd University the best value school in West Virginia for economics students. Shepherd University is a small public school located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Shepherd University are $7,784 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Shepherd University also did well on our Best Economics Schools in West Virginia list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Economics Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

WVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Economics Schools in West Virginia list.

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Best Value Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 642
Virginia 1,329
North Carolina 1,251
Florida 1,443
Tennessee 436
Kentucky 222
South Carolina 316
Louisiana 209
Arkansas 103
Alabama 107
Mississippi 63

One of 12 majors within the area of study, economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415

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 pixabay.

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