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2023 Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$15,711 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$77,195 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Doctor's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Education Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Washington to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for education 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 Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington

Check out the education doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for education students working on their doctor’s degree. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, City University of Seattle landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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Out of the 7 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW Seattle are $17,754 a year.

UW Seattle not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list.

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#4

Gonzaga University

Spokane, WA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Gonzaga University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Washington. Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Gonzaga is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Gonzaga graduate students pay an average of $14,878 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value education schools in Washington. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Tacoma.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UW Tacoma are $17,874 a year.

UW Tacoma also made our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington list, coming in at #2.

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#6

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree education programs. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.

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Seattle Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for education students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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

SPU also took the #4 spot in our Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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Best Value Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

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 7 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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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