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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Virginia (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$28,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 29,936 people earned their degree in general education, making the major the 35th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 1,066 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $50,533 and $30,912 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Liberty University is $28,903 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Education students with aid.

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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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