2023 Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for 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. 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.
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Top Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington
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Our 2023 rankings named City University of Seattle the best value school in Washington for students working on their graduate certificate. CityU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 53 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
CityU graduate students pay an average of $11,812 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at CityU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
CityU also took the #5 spot in our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington rankings.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Washington. Located in Pullman, Washington, the large public school handed out 676 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Wazzu does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 30% took at least some of their classes online.
Wazzu did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Whitworth University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value schools in Washington. Located in Spokane, Washington, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Whitworth are $12,456 a year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Whitworth. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 10% took at least some of their classes online.
Whitworth did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Seattle University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Seattle U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 178 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,447 in student loans.
One thing to take note of is that Seattle U does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Seattle U is ranked #4 for overall quality in Washington.
Out of the 9 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s value ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 5 spot on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Cheney, Washington, and it awarded 60 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at EWU are $28,965 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at EWU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 92% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Saint Martin’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Lacey, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 13 students in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Saint Martin’s does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Central Washington University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate programs. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, the fairly large public school awarded 16 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CWU are $25,681 a year.
Online graduate courses are available at CWU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 85% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Seattle Pacific University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate programs. SPU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a small population, and it awarded 255 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SPU are $24,273 per year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since SPU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
SPU also made our Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list, coming in at #1.
Antioch University - Seattle ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 56 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Antioch University - Seattle are $18,459 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, Antioch University - Seattle is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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