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2023 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$32,618 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,082 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Entrepreneurial Studies is the #97 most popular major in the country with 1,823 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for entrepreneurship students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Entrepreneurial Studies

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best value school for entrepreneurial studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Benedictine University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value entrepreneurial studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Benedictine U graduate students pay an average of $19,640 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Oakland University is a great value for entrepreneurial studies students working on their graduate certificate. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oakland are $24,648 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value entrepreneurial studies schools in the Great Lakes Region . U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

U-M excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

Out of the 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Detroit, Wayne State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $38,667 per year.

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Eastern Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $28,818 a year.

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Best Entrepreneurial Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best entrepreneurial studies schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 22
Illinois 14
Ohio 14
Indiana 0
Wisconsin 35

One of 20 majors within the area of study, entrepreneurial studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Entrepreneurship

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).
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