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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

5 Colleges
$61,137 Avg Salary
$20,697 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Education Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, education students earned 2,740 degrees and certificates from a Washington school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Check out the education graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Washington Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best school in Washington for education students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seattle Pacific University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Washington. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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#3

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Whitworth University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at City University of Seattle helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best education schools in Washington. Located in the city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
California 17,606
Oregon 3,137
Nevada 702
Hawaii 401
Alaska 259

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Educational Administration 45,458
Teacher Education Grade Specific 34,451
Special Education 25,158
General Education 21,189
Teacher Education Subject Specific 20,616
Curriculum & Instruction 19,784
Student Counseling 13,840
Instructional Media Design 8,387
Teaching English or French 4,743
Other Education 2,513
Multilingual Education 1,672
Educational Assessment 1,215
Education Philosophy 421
International Education 257
Teaching Assistants 20

Related Major Annual Graduates
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929
History 4,391

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Horadrim.

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