2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 4,359 people earned their degree in higher education/higher education administration, making the major the 181st most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 240 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 217 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in higher education/higher education administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent higher education/higher education administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the higher education/higher education administration program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Tech. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$8,349 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 144 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#2 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$32,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Virginia. University of Virginia is a public institution located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 43 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394.

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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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