2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in Washington (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 for a Master’s 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. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in adult and continuing education. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great adult and continuing education programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the adult and continuing education program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree adult and continuing ed students with aid.

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

#1

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$24,105 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 14 masters’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

WWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WWU are $24,105, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Western Washington University Adult & Continuing Education Report

#2

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$14,040 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Located in Seattle, Washington, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s adult and continuing ed students in 2019-2020.

Seattle U also made our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle U are $14,040, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Seattle U Adult & Continuing Education Report

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