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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

22 Colleges
$18,864 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Skysong is ranked #2 for overall quality for business administration in the Southwest Region .

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

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

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.

UOPX - Arizona 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 Southwest Region list.

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Out of the 22 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Houston - Downtown is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Houston, UH Downtown is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH Downtown are $15,991 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Houston - Downtown Report

#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech 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. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Angelo State graduate students pay an average of $14,590 in tuition and fees each year.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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 #8 on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OSU are $24,175 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of Norman.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Report

Texas Woman’s University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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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.

  • 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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