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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

31 Colleges
$18,779 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 120,568 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

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. 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.

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

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

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education the best value school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of McMinnville, Linfield OCE is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Linfield OCE excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concordia University, Irvine is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Concordia University, Irvine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CityU are $11,812 per 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, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.

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

Brandman excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#5

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seattle University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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

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#6

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

Santa Clara University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the midsize city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

SCU graduate students pay an average of $25,170 in tuition and fees each year.

SCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#7

Alaska Pacific University

Anchorage, AK

Alaska Pacific University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the city of Anchorage, Alaska Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Alaska Pacific are $12,110 a year.

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#8

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #8, National University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at National University are $15,480 a year.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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

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California State University - Channel Islands came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. CSUCI is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Camarillo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUCI are $17,755 a year.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 82,945
Washington 11,476
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 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.

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