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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

21 Colleges
$22,434 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

With 416,590 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business administration and management is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Concordia University, Irvine the best value school in the Far Western US Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 a year.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Out of the 21 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at City University of Seattle helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Far Western US Region . CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

CityU graduate students pay an average of $11,812 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Brandman also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 21 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Golden Gate University - San Francisco landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.

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#6

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

With a ranking of #6, Alaska Pacific University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Alaska Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Anchorage.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Alaska Pacific are $12,110 per year.

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California State University - Channel Islands ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Camarillo, CSUCI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUCI are $17,755 per year.

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#8

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

California Lutheran University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. CLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Thousand Oaks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CLU are $20,600 per year.

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San Jose State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

San Jose State graduate students pay an average of $18,790 in tuition and fees each year.

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Saint Martin’s University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Saint Martin's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lacey.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 a year.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 61,617
Washington 4,125
Oregon 2,584
Nevada 1,087
Hawaii 939
Alaska 369

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 21 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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