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2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

10 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 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Education program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Washington State University to be the most popular school for education students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Of the 360 students majoring in education at Wazzu, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Seattle Pacific University is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

Women make up 68% of the education majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great place for education students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 38% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend City University of Seattle. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 81% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 19% are male.

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#5

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Whitworth University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular education schools in Washington. Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 85% of the education majors at the school.

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Saint Martin’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 44% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Western Washington University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for education students working on their graduate certificate. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

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Pacific Lutheran University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Located in the large suburb of Tacoma, PLU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Antioch University - Seattle landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate education programs. Antioch University - Seattle is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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#8

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Education Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Best Education Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Education Schools 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 10 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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