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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$14,566 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 3,555 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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 Minnesota State University - Mankato to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

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

Read full report on Business Administration & Management at Minnesota State University - Mankato

Our analysis found Metropolitan State University to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per 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 #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Minnesota. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Northwestern - St Paul is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Northwestern is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Paul.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $8,982 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Northwestern - St Paul Report

#6

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Hamline is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Hamline are $10,402 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, The College of Saint Scholastica 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 Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Scholastica are $15,502 a year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 per year.

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#9

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

Augsburg University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Augsburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Augsburg are $13,500 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Augsburg University Report

#10

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 3,544
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 12 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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