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Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

5 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 11,476 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Washington Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our 2023 rankings named Seattle University the best school in Washington for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in Washington. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend City University of Seattle. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 4 spot on the list. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Martin’s University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Saint Martin's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lacey.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 82,945
Oregon 5,629
Hawaii 1,878
Nevada 3,318
Alaska 621

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.

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