2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Education is the 28th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 1,066 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 51 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia associate degree general education students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$27,896 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value General Education Schools for an Associate in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #1 spot on the list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 42 associates’s general education degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Associate Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $27,896 for Virginia Associate Degree General Education students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Liberty University.

Read more about General Education at Liberty University

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Education (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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