by our College Data Analytics TeamWith all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a degree. At College Factual, we're committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia ranking. You may be surprised that some normally high-priced schools offer very generous financial aid packages to those who qualify.
In This Year's Value Report:
We analyzed 5 schools across West Virginia to determine which have the best value Doctor's Degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best value schools. We explain more about what we look at and why we do so below.
The first step of determing the value of a school in our Best Doctor's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia ranking is to look at the school's average net price for students with families that make $30-$48k a year. The net price is the sum of tuition, fees, and room and board minus any financial aid awarded to the student. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a good education, not just how much it costs.
To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
We go into more detail on these factors on our best value ranking methodology page.
You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.
Know what field you want to major in? Make sure you check out our best value schools by major. In addition, you can select one of the links below to see the best value colleges for other degree levels.
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2024 rankings named Marshall University the best value (income $30-$48k) school in West Virginia for students working on their doctor’s degree. Marshall University is located in Huntington, West Virginia and has a fairly large student population. It is a public school.
Not only is Marshall University a great value, but it is also ranked #3 in West Virginia for overall quality.
The quality degree programs at West Virginia University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. It is a public school.
Not only is West Virginia University a great value, but it is also ranked #1 in West Virginia for overall quality.
Out of the 5 doctor’s degree schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shepherd University landed the #3 spot on the list. Shepherd University is a small public school situated in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
Shepherd University has the honor of being ranked #5 in West Virginia for overall quality on top of being a good value.
Out of the 5 doctor’s degree schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Charleston landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Charleston is a small private not-for-profit school located in Charleston, West Virginia.
University of Charleston has the honor of being ranked #2 in West Virginia for overall quality on top of being a good value.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wheeling University. It ranked #5 on our 2024 Best Doctor’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income $30-$48k) in West Virginia list. Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Not only is Wheeling University a great value, but it is also ranked #4 in West Virginia for overall quality.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
More about our data sources and methodologies.