Other Education is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #142 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for other education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 315 degrees in other education to qualified students.
Your choice of other education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Other Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Other Education Schools in Virginia list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the other education degrees they offer, see the list below.
Old Dominion University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in other education. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #446 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Old Dominion is a great university overall.
There were about 48 other education students who graduated with this degree at Old Dominion in the most recent year we have data available. Other Education degree recipients from Old Dominion University earn a boost of approximately $20,160 above the average income of other education majors.
It's hard to beat Regent University if you wish to pursue a degree in other education. Regent is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Virginia Beach. This university ranks 20th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 197 other education students who graduated with this degree at Regent in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the other education program make an average of $50,897 in their early career salary.
Liberty University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in other education. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #352 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Liberty University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 other education students who graduated with this degree at Liberty University in the most recent year we have data available.
Mary Baldwin University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in other education. Mary Baldwin is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Staunton. This university ranks 36th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 24 other education students who graduated with this degree at Mary Baldwin in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, other education degree recipients usually earn around $44,625 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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