2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,103 people earned their degree in adult and continuing education, making the major the 416th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 53 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 adult and continuing education graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,342 and $136,270 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent adult and continuing education 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 adult and continuing education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region doctor’s degree adult and continuing ed students.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$28,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Adult and Continuing Ed Schools for a Doctorate in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Oregon State University is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 7 doctorate’s adult and continuing ed degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Adult & Continuing Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oregon State Adult & Continuing Education Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Adult & Continuing Education

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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