2024 Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in the Far Western US Region
3Colleges in the Far Western US Region
39Adult and Continuing Ed Degrees Awarded
A degree in adult & continuing education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #432 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to determine which ones were the best for adult & continuing education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 39 degrees in adult & continuing education to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Adult & Continuing Education School
The adult and continuing ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Adult & Continuing Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for adult & continuing education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Adult & Continuing Education Rankings by Degree Level
The adult and continuing ed 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 the Best Adult & Continuing Education Schools in the Far Western US Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Adult & Continuing Education in the Far Western US Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the adult and continuing ed degree levels they offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Adult and Continuing Ed
It's hard to beat Western Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in adult & continuing education. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 11 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Oregon State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in adult & continuing education. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat City University of Seattle if you want to pursue a degree in adult & continuing education. CityU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle. This university ranks 9th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 10 adult & continuing education students who graduated with this degree at CityU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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The adult and continuing ed program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Adult & Continuing Education rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for adult & continuing education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
