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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$12,343 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was the most popular one in Tennessee. In total, 2,285 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Tennessee.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Tennessee ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Tennessee 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee

Check out the business administration graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Tennessee Technological University the best value school in Tennessee for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Tennessee Tech University are $11,762 a year.

Tennessee Tech University also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #3.

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#2

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UofM are $10,908 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. UT Chattanooga is a large public school located in the city of Chattanooga.

UT Chattanooga graduate students pay an average of $10,474 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Lipscomb University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Tennessee. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 per year.

Lipscomb not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list.

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#5

Austin Peay State University

Clarksville, TN

Out of the 8 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Peay State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Austin Peay State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Clarksville.

Austin Peay State University graduate students pay an average of $9,841 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Tennessee State University

Nashville, TN

Tennessee State 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 #6 on the list. Tennessee State University is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Nashville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tennessee State University are $10,732 per year.

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DeVry University - Tennessee ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. DeVry University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeVry University - Tennessee are $17,552 a year.

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Strayer University - Tennessee ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Strayer University - Tennessee is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Memphis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Strayer University - Tennessee are $15,135 a year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 4,501
Florida 6,459
Georgia 2,352
North Carolina 3,290
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 8 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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