2023 Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate School for You
General Business/Commerce is the #31 most popular major in the country with 9,137 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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2023 Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for general business majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the best school in the United States for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.
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Out of the 22 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools list. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.
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With a ranking of #6, American Public University System did quite well on this year’s best schools for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.
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Texas Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Valparaiso University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.
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Clarkson University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Clarkson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Potsdam.
Ball State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general business/commerce students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
General Business/Commerce by Region
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General Business/Commerce Related Rankings by Major
One of 20 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to General Business
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Business Administration & Management | 131,555 |
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 31,701 |
Accounting | 19,309 |
Human Resource Management | 12,117 |
Finance & Financial Management | 5,784 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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).
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