2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 29 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree adult and continuing ed students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$29,544 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend James Madison University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and it awarded 7 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at JMU are $29,544, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full James Madison University Adult & Continuing Education Report

#2

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 4 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Commonwealth University Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing 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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