2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 15 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best school in Virginia for students working on their graduate certificate.
University of Virginia does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
Virginia Tech does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 15 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 3 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that GMU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at William & Mary helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Virginia.
William & Mary does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Eastern Mennonite University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
Eastern Mennonite does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
James Madison University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
JMU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Richmond did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list.
University of Lynchburg landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Lynchburg, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Shenandoah University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Shenandoah, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 79% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Radford University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Radford. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #11, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Old Dominion does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #12, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $33,341 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that VCU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 62% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #13, Marymount University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at Marymount, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.
Liberty University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Liberty University. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Regent University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #15 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Regent. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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