2022 Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Washington (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Adult & Continuing Education is the 416th most popular major in the country with 1,103 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Washington, there were 40 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in adult and continuing education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality adult and continuing education programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$16,529 Average Net Price

$34,178 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. Western Washington University is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 14 ’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WWU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $16,529 for Washington Adult and Continuing Ed students with aid per year to attend WWU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Adult & Continuing Education at WWU

#2

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$34,802 Average Net Price

$46,297 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle University landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s adult and continuing ed degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seattle U is $34,802 for washington adult and continuing ed students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Adult & Continuing Education at Seattle University

• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education (With Aid)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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