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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$61,396 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,797 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general business/commerce was ranked #31 in the country. In fact 9,137 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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. 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.

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

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the best value school in the Far Western US Region for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USC are $61,396 a year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Southern California

Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 158
Washington 67
Oregon 24
Nevada 0
Hawaii 12

General Business/Commerce is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to General Business

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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