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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$14,025 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 3rd in Washington. In fact, 561 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

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

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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

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

Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Seattle U also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington rankings.

Full Nursing at Seattle University Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,819
Oregon 69
Nevada 211
Hawaii 46
Alaska 17

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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