2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing 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. 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.
Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named City University of Seattle the best value school in Washington for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CityU are $11,812 per year.
CityU also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list, coming in at #5.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $13,740 per 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, management and marketing in Washington.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seattle University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Washington. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.
Seattle U also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington rankings.
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The excellent graduate certificate 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 fairly large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CWU are $12,127 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Martin’s University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Saint Martin's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lacey.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 per year.
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Request InformationBest Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 82,945 |
| Oregon | 5,629 |
| Hawaii | 1,878 |
| Nevada | 3,318 |
| Alaska | 621 |
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Business, Management & Marketing Related Majors for Business, Management & Marketing
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.
- 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.