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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

66 Colleges
$15,268 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 66 schools in the Southeast 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year. The average amount in student loans that business administration majors at Columbia Southern University take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $30,429.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia Southern University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

American Military University graduate students pay an average of $7,050 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, American Military University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Liberty University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Liberty University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Atlanta. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Herzing University - Atlanta is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Herzing University - Atlanta are $11,680 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Birmingham. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 a year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 a year.

University of Virginia not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Louisiana Tech University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $12,690 a year.

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#8

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

With a ranking of #8, University of Lynchburg did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Lynchburg Report

#9

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Lipscomb University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 a year.

Lipscomb excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Business Administration & Management at Lipscomb University Report

University of Southern Mississippi came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC
12 University of Memphis Memphis, TN
13 Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 4,501
Florida 6,459
Georgia 2,352
North Carolina 3,290
Tennessee 2,285
Kentucky 1,040
Louisiana 3,270
Alabama 3,064
South Carolina 1,189
Mississippi 1,096
Arkansas 469
West Virginia 1,201

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

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 26 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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