2023 Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington
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The Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Washington to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington
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Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the most popular school in Washington for business students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in Pullman, Washington, and it awarded 176 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 41% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Wazzu. During the 2019-2020 year, about 30% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Out of the 8 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Seattle, Washington, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 73 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $21,447 in student loans. Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Seattle U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, the fairly large public school handed out 13 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
CWU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at City University of Seattle helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in Washington. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 11 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 82% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at CityU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Saint Martin’s University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lacey, Washington, and it awarded 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Saint Martin’s does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Eastern Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list.
EWU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 92% took at least some of their classes online.
Pacific Lutheran University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
PLU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.
Faith International University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Faith. In fact, around 45% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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