2023 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Public Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

With 297 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public administration is the #62 most popular major in Washington.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Best Value Public Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public admin students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Administration

Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Administration Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Degrees Awarded
California	1,883
Oregon	117
Nevada	78
Hawaii	186
Alaska	34

Majors Related to Public Admin

One of 5 majors within the area of study, public administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Public Admin

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Work	58,326
Human Services	13,238
Public Policy	6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy	3,096
Other Public Administration	588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.