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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$17,881 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in Washington with 3,012 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Professions 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 value graduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our analysis found Seattle University to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

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

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Seattle U is ranked #4 for overall quality for health professions in Washington.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $13,740 per year.

Wazzu also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list, coming in at #2.

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Out of the 5 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. EWU is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Cheney.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at EWU are $13,379 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Antioch University - Seattle is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Seattle, Antioch University - Seattle is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Antioch University - Seattle are $18,459 per year.

Full Health Professions at Antioch University - Seattle Report

#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Bastyr University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Washington. Located in the suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bastyr University are $29,517 a year.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 19,343
Oregon 2,459
Nevada 1,292
Hawaii 261
Alaska 67

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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