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2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 51 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business Administration & Management program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular school in the Plains States Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 188 students majoring in business administration at Iowa, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Webster University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business administration and management schools in the Plains States Region . Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 51% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 49% are male.

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Out of the 51 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 3 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

About 42% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 58% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of St Thomas Minnesota helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business administration and management schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 71 students majoring in business administration at UST MN, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular 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 Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 61 students majoring in business administration at Capella University, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

About 21% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 79% are male.

On average, business administration graduates from UNL take out $23,815 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Of the 27 students majoring in business administration at Iowa State, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#9

Drury University

Springfield, MO

Drury University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Drury University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 58% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 42% are male.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

Women make up 39% of the business administration majors at the school.

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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 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 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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