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2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

5 Schools Ranked
$23,182 Avg Student Debt

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education opportunities 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 many trade schools and bootcamps 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 Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

City University of Seattle

Seattle, Washington
53 Total Awards

Our 2023 rankings named City University of Seattle the most popular school in Washington for students working on their graduate certificate. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 53 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.

In 2019-2020 about 79% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
60 Total Awards
$13,379 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. EWU is a fairly large public school situated in Cheney, Washington. It awarded 60 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
676 Total Awards
$13,740 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Wazzu is a large public school situated in Pullman, Washington. It awarded 676 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 30% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#4

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
16 Total Awards
$12,127 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Washington. CWU is located in Ellensburg, Washington and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.

Around 85% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#5

Faith International University

Tacoma, Washington
$8,450 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Faith International University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 45% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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