2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 31 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education the best value school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Linfield OCE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of McMinnville.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Linfield OCE also did well on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Irvine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Irvine are $8,564 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at City University of Seattle helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CityU are $11,812 per year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Brandman University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Brandman also did well on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.
Santa Clara University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCU are $25,170 per year.
SCU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Alaska Pacific University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Alaska Pacific is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Anchorage.
Alaska Pacific graduate students pay an average of $12,110 in tuition and fees each year.
National University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Jolla.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at National University are $15,480 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Golden Gate University - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Golden Gate University - San Francisco are $19,875 per year.
California State University - Channel Islands did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Camarillo, CSUCI is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUCI are $17,755 per year.
Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State
Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 19,312 |
| Washington | 2,309 |
| Oregon | 1,256 |
| Nevada | 409 |
| Hawaii | 241 |
| Alaska | 135 |
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Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
| 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 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 5,784 |
| Marketing | 4,011 |
| Management Information Systems | 2,766 |
| International Business | 2,007 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 1,823 |
| Taxation | 1,350 |
| Hospitality Management | 1,341 |
| Real Estate | 1,280 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 1,073 |
| General Sales & Marketing | 537 |
| Construction Management | 466 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 180 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 162 |
| Insurance | 143 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 117 |
| Telecommunications Management | 23 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 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 Amit Savargaonkar.
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