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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in the United States with 18,824 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found University of Michigan - Ann Arbor to be the best school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

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#2

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the city of East Lansing.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Great Lakes Region . IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#5

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Marquette University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Great Lakes Region . Marquette is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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#6

Elmhurst University

Elmhurst, IL

Elmhurst University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Elmhurst, Elmhurst is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#8

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Lewis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Romeoville.

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#9

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Ferris State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ferris is a large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.

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University of Detroit Mercy ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Detroit Mercy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Detroit.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,906
Illinois 7,000
Ohio 3,681
Indiana 2,674
Wisconsin 1,563

One of 20 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137
Finance & Financial Management 5,784

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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