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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Schools Ranked
$15,797 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$17,861 Avg Student Debt*

There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Wheeling University

Wheeling, West Virginia
2 Total Awards
$10,160 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Wheeling University the best value school in West Virginia for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wheeling, West Virginia. The school has a very small population, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Wheeling University graduate students pay an average of $10,160 in tuition and fees each year.

Since the graduate programs at Wheeling University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wheeling University is ranked #1 for overall quality in West Virginia.

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#2

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia
1 Total Awards
$21,434 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s value ranking, Marshall University landed the # 2 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marshall University are $21,434 per year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Marshall University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Marshall University also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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