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2023 Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$31,124 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,199 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Marketing is the #59 most popular major in the country with 4,011 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for marketing 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.

2023 Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Marketing

Our 2023 rankings named City University of Seattle the best value school in the Far Western US Region for marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CityU are $11,812 per year.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Seattle University is a great value for marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, CA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at California Lutheran University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Thousand Oaks, CLU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CLU are $20,600 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Wazzu is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very 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 Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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Best Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best marketing colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 112
Washington 50
Oregon 2
Nevada 0

Marketing is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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 Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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