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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

7 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 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 41% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in Washington. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

Of the 13 students majoring in business, management and marketing at CWU, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at City University of Seattle helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in Washington. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Women make up 82% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Saint Martin’s University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in Washington. Saint Martin's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lacey.

Women make up 50% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Pacific Lutheran University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. PLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Tacoma.

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Faith International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Tacoma, Faith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Colleges 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

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 7 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.

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