CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Value Colleges (www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate college education, has released its Top 50 Best Value Project Management Certificate Programs of 2016 at http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-project-management-certificate-2016/
Value Colleges' Top 50 Best Value Project Management Certificates ranking shows students the quickest, most cost-effective investments for getting into a project management career without a full degree. Certificate programs are often all a working professional needs to get credentialed for project management, and Value Colleges ranks only regionally-accredited, trusted institutions.
The top 50 programs are ranked using data from the U.S. News & World Report Ranking (when applicable), Payscale's 2015-16 Salary Report, and tuition costs from program websites.
The top 3 best values for 2016 are (1) Bryant University in Smithfield, RI, (2) California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA, and (3) North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.
A complete list of programs that made the ranking can be found below (in alphabetical order):
Auburn University – Auburn, AL
Baruch College – New York, NY
Bryant University – Smithfield, RI
California State University-Sacramento – Sacramento, CA
California Institute of Technology – Pasadena, CA
Clayton State University – Morrow, GA
De Anza College – Cupertino, CA
DePaul University – Chicago, IL
Florida Atlantic University – Boca Raton, FL
George Mason University – Fairfax, VA
Georgetown University – Washington, DC
Georgia Tech – Atlanta, GA
North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC
Pace University – New York, NY
Oakland University – Rochester, MI
Oklahoma City University – Oklahoma City, OK
Ramapo College – Mahwah, NJ
Rochester Institute of Technology – Rochester, NY
Rutgers University – Camden, NJ
San Diego State University – San Diego, CA
San Francisco State University – San Francisco, CA
Southern Methodist University – Dallas, TX
St. Edward's University – Austin, TX
St. Petersburg College – St. Petersburg, FL
Stanford University – Stanford, CA
Towson University – Towson, MD
University of California-Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
University of California-Davis – Davis, CA
University of California-Irvine – Irvine, CA
University of California-Los Angeles – Los Angeles, CA
University of California-Santa Cruz – Santa Cruz, CA
University of Central Florida – Orlando, FL
University of Chicago – Chicago, IL
University of Houston – Houston, TX
University of Iowa – Iowa City, IA
University of Louisville – Louisville, KY
University of Massachusetts-Lowell – Lowell, MA
University of Miami – Coral Gables, FL
University of Minnesota – Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
University of New Haven – West Haven, CT
University of New Mexico – Albuquerque, NM
University of Redlands – Redlands, CA
University of South Carolina – Columbia, SC
University of the Pacific – Stockton, CA
University of Virginia – Charlottesville, VA
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Villanova University – Villanova, PA
Wake Forest University – Winston-Salem, NC
Western Kentucky University – Bowling Green, KY
"Project Management doesn't necessarily require a designated Project Management degree," editor Carrie Sealey-Morris explains, "many professionals in the project management field get there through certificate programs." A certificate program can often fulfill all of the requirements to sit for a Project Management Professional certification exam, which is the gold standard for project management. Certificate programs come in all shapes and sizes, from single bootcamp courses to week-long intensives, 5-week, 8-week, 10-week, or even year-long self-paced online programs." As Sealey-Morris states, "There is no right or wrong way to do it – just what works best for your professional and personal life situation."
Value Colleges is an independent, online resource with one mission: to help prospective students find the best educational value in their chosen field. At Value Colleges, future students can find rankings for the top investments in online and residential college degrees, advice on making the best decisions about finances when in college, and explanations of commonly-misunderstood aspects of college costs.
Carrie Sealey-Morris
Editor, Value Colleges
(512) 710-9901