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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$25,939 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

Our analysis found Colorado State University - Global Campus to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State University - Global Campus is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 a year. Business Administration majors at Colorado State University - Global Campus take out an average of $25,542 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #3 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO

Out of the 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Fort Collins helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Colorado Christian University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCU are $14,626 a year.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.

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

Boise State graduate students pay an average of $26,558 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Montana did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 a year.

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#9

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver 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 #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 2,821
Utah 5,680
Idaho 319
Montana 76
Wyoming 51

Business Administration & Management is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

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 9 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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