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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

41 Colleges
$12,183 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 the United States with 11,621 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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 the Plains States 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

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Park University the best value school in the Plains States Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.

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#2

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grantham University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Grantham University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Lenexa.

Grantham University graduate students pay an average of $4,800 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Minnesota State Mankato also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Metro State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Saint Paul.

Metro State graduate students pay an average of $10,237 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Metropolitan State University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.

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#6

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

University of Mary landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMary are $13,304 per year.

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#7

Baker University

Baldwin City, KS

Baker University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Baker is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Baldwin City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baker are $12,246 a year.

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University of Northwestern - St Paul landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northwestern are $8,982 per year.

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#9

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

University of South Dakota ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the town of Vermillion, USD is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

USD graduate students pay an average of $12,768 in tuition and fees each year.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 a 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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 3,544
Minnesota 3,555
Iowa 1,351
Kansas 1,486
Nebraska 1,021
North Dakota 365
South Dakota 204

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 25 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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