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2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$26,409 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,471 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 327,871 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, education is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the education undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Spokane Falls Community College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for education students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Spokane, Spokane Falls Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Spokane Falls Community College are $5,135 a year.

Spokane Falls Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Alliant International University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Alliant undergraduate students pay an average of $16,631 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UAF are $25,654 a year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SPU are $35,646 a year.

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#5

Eastern Oregon University

La Grande, OR

Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Oregon University landed the # 5 spot on the list. EOU is a small public school located in the town of La Grande.

EOU undergraduate students pay an average of $22,386 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

College of Southern Nevada

Las Vegas, NV

College of Southern Nevada ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSN is a fairly large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSN are $11,534 per year.

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#7

Northwest University

Kirkland, WA

Northwest University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate education programs. Northwest University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Kirkland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwest University are $33,980 per year.

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University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate education programs. Located in the city of Honolulu, UH Manoa is a public school with a large student population.

UH Manoa undergraduate students pay an average of $34,218 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH Manoa also did well on our Best Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

University of Redlands

Redlands, CA

University of Redlands did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Redlands, University of Redlands is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Redlands are $52,500 a year.

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Best Education Colleges by State

Explore the best education schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 25,545
Washington 5,206
Oregon 4,001
Hawaii 830
Nevada 1,387
Alaska 331

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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