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2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$24,551 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,937 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate School for You

With 46,469 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, educational administration is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

With all the teaching programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for education admin 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. 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 Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found City University of Seattle to be the best value school for educational administration students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of Seattle, CityU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CityU are $11,812 a year.

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#2

Whitworth University

Spokane, WA

Out of the 18 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitworth University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Spokane, Whitworth is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Whitworth are $12,456 a year.

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Out of the 18 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Martin’s University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Lacey, Saint Martin's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Saint Martin’s are $15,840 a year.

Saint Martin’s also claimed a spot on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#4

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Loyola Marymount University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Marymount graduate students pay an average of $19,922 in tuition and fees each year.

Loyola Marymount did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Seattle Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value educational administration schools in the Far Western US Region . SPU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SPU are $24,273 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SPU is ranked #4 for overall quality for education admin in the Far Western US Region .

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With a ranking of #6, University of Alaska Anchorage did quite well on this year’s best value schools for educational administration students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAA are $24,496 per year.

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Washington State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

Wazzu did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

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#8

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate educational administration programs. Lewis and Clark College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lewis and Clark College are $17,910 a year.

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California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUDH are $17,998 a year.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for educational administration students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 a year.

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Best Educational Administration Colleges by State

Explore the best educational administration colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 424
Oregon 381
California 2,692
Nevada 153
Hawaii 97
Alaska 55

One of 14 majors within the teaching area of study, educational administration has other similar majors worth exploring.

Education Admin Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Educational Leadership & Administration 32,837
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 4,709
Other Educational Administration & Supervision 2,247
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision 1,727
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship 1,572
Superintendency & Educational System Administration 1,107
Urban Education & Leadership 736
Adult & Continuing Education Administration 462
Secondary School Administration/Principalship 452
Community College Education 354
Administration of Special Education 186
Early Childhood Program Administration 70
International School Administration/Leadership 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 18 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 Shai-WMIL.

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