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2023 Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools

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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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the United States to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular online school in the United States for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a very large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Of the 57 students majoring in general business at KU, 70% are male and 30% are female.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 33% of the general business majors at the school.

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#3

Post University

Waterbury, CT

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Post University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general business/commerce schools in the United States. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

Of the 18 students majoring in general business at Post University, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, American Public University System landed the # 4 spot on the list. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

Women make up 62% of the general business majors at the school.

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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in general business at Mizzou, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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Louisiana Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in general business at the school are women while 33% are male.

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With a ranking of #7, Concordia University, Nebraska did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general business/commerce students working on their online graduate certificate. Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Seward.

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for general business/commerce students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Coastal Carolina University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Hawaii Pacific University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general business/commerce students working on their online graduate certificate. Hawaii Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Honolulu.

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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
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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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