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2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$28,601 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$80,871 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 31,701 management sciences and quantitative methods students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #7 most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for management science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the management science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Baldwin Wallace University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for management sciences and quantitative methods students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baldwin Wallace College are $11,363 a year.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Illinois University landed the # 2 spot on the list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of St Francis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

University of Saint Francis graduate students pay an average of $13,839 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Saint Francis also did well on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.

UW - Madison not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

Marquette University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 per year.

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Loyola University Chicago landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate management sciences and quantitative methods programs. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MSOE are $24,917 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, MSOE is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#9

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#10

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, MI

Oakland University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Management Sciences & Methods Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Oakland is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Rochester Hills.

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

Read full report on Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods at Oakland University

Best Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods Colleges by State

Explore the best management sciences and quantitative methods colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 413
Illinois 3,914
Ohio 485
Indiana 476
Wisconsin 174

Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
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 17 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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