2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in Washington to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Clark College to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Washington. Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, Clark College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Clark College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,529 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 26 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia Basin College landed the # 2 spot on the list. CBC is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Pasco.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CBC are $5,959 a year.
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Out of the 26 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Olympic College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bremerton, OC is a public college with a small student population.
OC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,101 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Washington. CWU is a large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWU are $8,685 per year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Tacoma Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Washington. Located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma, Tacoma Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tacoma Community College are $4,929 per year.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree business, management and marketing programs. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Seattle.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Seattle are $12,076 a year.
UW Seattle also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #3.
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Western Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Bellingham, WWU is a public college with a large student population.
WWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of Washington - Tacoma Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Tacoma, UW Tacoma is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
UW Tacoma undergraduate students pay an average of $12,196 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UW Tacoma also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #2.
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Eastern Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EWU are $7,922 a year.
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University of Washington - Bothell Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bothell, UW Bothell is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
UW Bothell undergraduate students pay an average of $11,950 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UW Bothell is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 82,945 |
| Oregon | 5,629 |
| Hawaii | 1,878 |
| Nevada | 3,318 |
| Alaska | 621 |
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| 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 25 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Amit Savargaonkar.
More about our data sources and methodologies.