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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$13,392 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Business, Management & Marketing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Washington. With 2,309 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 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, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington 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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

Our analysis found City University of Seattle to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

CityU graduate students pay an average of $11,812 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CityU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $13,740 per year.

Wazzu did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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#3

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Seattle University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.

Seattle U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Central Washington University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Washington. CWU is a large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

CWU graduate students pay an average of $12,127 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Martin’s University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Saint Martin's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lacey.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 a year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 19,312
Oregon 1,256
Nevada 409
Hawaii 241
Alaska 135

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 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 Amit Savargaonkar.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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