2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration is the 181st most popular major in the country with 4,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Washington, there were 49 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 higher education/higher education administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in higher education/higher education administration. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent higher education/higher education administration programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the higher education/higher education administration program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The higher education/higher education administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

CWU also made our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976.

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#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 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid. Seattle University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 25 masters’s higher education/higher education administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Seattle U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Seattle U are $14,040.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Higher Education/Higher Education Administration (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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