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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$4,517 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,228 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Business Administration & Management

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Basin College the best value school in Washington for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Pasco, CBC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CBC are $5,959 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Columbia Basin College Report

#2

Olympic College

Bremerton, WA

Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the # 2 spot on the list. OC is a small public school located in the city of Bremerton.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at OC are $4,101 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, OC is ranked #4 for overall quality for business administration in Washington.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Olympic College

Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Spokane Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Spokane.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Spokane Community College are $3,826 per year. On average, business administration graduates from Spokane Community College take out $22,501 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Spokane Community College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City University of Seattle. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington 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 undergraduate at CityU are $13,658 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CityU also is in the top 20% of our Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking.

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at City University of Seattle

#5

Lower Columbia College

Longview, WA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Lower Columbia College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Washington. LCC is a small public school located in the city of Longview.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCC are $4,182 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Lower Columbia College Report

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

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges 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 5 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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