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

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

In 2020-2021, 131,555 degrees and certificates were awarded to business administration and management students, making the major the most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest 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 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the Southwest Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Skysong. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 22 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Houston - Downtown landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the large city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public school with a large student population.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

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#8

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

University of Dallas ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Irving, UD is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at Dallas ranked #10 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 9,362
Arizona 4,963
Oklahoma 1,130
New Mexico 432

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 22 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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