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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$14,025 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was ranked 2nd in Washington. In fact, 4,125 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Washington 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Check out the business administration graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our analysis found Seattle University to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.

Seattle U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, City University of Seattle landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CityU are $11,812 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CityU is ranked #5 for overall quality for business administration in Washington.

Full Business Administration & Management at City University of Seattle Report

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wazzu are $13,740 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Wazzu is ranked #2 for overall quality for business administration in Washington.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Washington State University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Saint Martin’s University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Saint Martin’s graduate students pay an average of $15,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Saint Martin’s University

Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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