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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$24,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 45,458 educational administration students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

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

The Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education admin 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. 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 Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the education admin graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found City University of Seattle to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit school 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

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Whitworth University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Whitworth graduate students pay an average of $12,456 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Martin’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 per year.

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#4

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola Marymount University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seattle Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SPU are $24,273 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SPU also is in the top 10% of our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAA are $24,496 per year.

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Washington State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Wazzu also did well on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

Lewis and Clark College graduate students pay an average of $17,910 in tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Dominguez Hills came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. CSUDH is a large public school located in the city of Carson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUDH are $17,998 per year.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

UNLV graduate students pay an average of $22,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,692
Washington 424
Oregon 381
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

One of 14 majors within the area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 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 Shai-WMIL.

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