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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$10,660 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

Business Administration & Management is the most popular major in Rhode Island with 526 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Rhode Island to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

#1

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

Our analysis found Salve Regina University to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Rhode Island. Salve Regina is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Newport.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Salve Regina are $11,730 a year.

Salve Regina also took the #2 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Online is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at JWU Online are $14,706 per year.

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#3

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Providence, RIC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at RIC are $9,590 a year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 5,205
Connecticut 1,836
New Hampshire 2,727
Maine 214
Vermont 410

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

Majors Similar to Business Administration

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 3 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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