2023 Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 and bootcamps 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in West Virginia to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia
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Our analysis found Blue Ridge Community and Technical College to be the best value school for students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in West Virginia. Located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, the small public school handed out 368 undergraduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,464 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $19,590 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 47% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list.
Out of the 9 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s value ranking, West Virginia University at Parkersburg landed the # 2 spot on the list. This small public school is located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and it awarded 218 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Virginia University at Parkersburg are $8,642 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $16,854 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that West Virginia University at Parkersburg does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 43% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pierpont Community and Technical College is a great place for students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Pierpont Community and Technical College is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 undergraduate certificates to qualified students.
Pierpont Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,056 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $25,945 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Pierpont Community and Technical College does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 100% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Pierpont Community and Technical College is ranked #2 for overall quality in West Virginia.
The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at New River Community and Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in West Virginia. New River Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Beaver, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 137 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
New River Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,246 in tuition and fees each year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $12,617 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at New River Community and Technical College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mountwest Community and Technical College is a great place for students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Mountwest Community and Technical College is a small public school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 76 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at MCTC are $11,688 a year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $10,505 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
MCTC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 88% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
MCTC also took the #5 spot in our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.
West Virginia Northern Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for students to get an undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. This small public school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 95 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVNCC are $12,028 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $12,751 in student loans.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since WVNCC does offer online classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
BridgeValley Community & Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. South Charleston, West Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out undergraduate certificates to 25 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BridgeValley Community & Technical College are $11,415 per year. On average, undergraduate certificate students take out $15,162 in loans while pursuing their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at BridgeValley Community & Technical College. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, BridgeValley Community & Technical College is ranked #4 for overall quality in West Virginia.
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College is a small public school located in Mount Gay, West Virginia that handed out 169 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern are $6,470 per year.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Southern. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 68% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate programs. This very small private for-profit school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 37 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.
WVJC Morgantown undergraduate students pay an average of $14,657 in tuition and fees each year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $15,863 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that WVJC Morgantown does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
WVJC Morgantown also made our Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #3.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
References
- 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%.
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