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2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast 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 General Business/Commerce program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the most popular school in the Southeast Region for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public school 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means South Carolina State University is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. South Carolina State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Orangeburg.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 3 spot on the list. VCU is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Virginia Wesleyan College is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Buckhannon, West Virginia Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Marshall University

Huntington, WV

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Huntington, Marshall University is a public college with a large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Tulane University of Louisiana is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Coastal Carolina University is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Conway, Coastal Carolina University is a public school with a large student population.

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Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 160
Florida 559
Georgia 373
Tennessee 176
Kentucky 1,422
Louisiana 138
Alabama 35
South Carolina 123
Arkansas 30
West Virginia 275

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 8 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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