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2023 Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

43 Colleges
$19,868 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$74,199 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

Marketing is the #59 most popular major in the country with 4,011 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 43 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the United States for marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia Southern University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.

Columbia Southern University also claimed a spot on our Best Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Park University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value marketing schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Park University are $6,435 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Global Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus also did well on our Best Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at North Dakota State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value marketing schools in the United States. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at North Dakota State University are $12,028 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City University of Seattle. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. CityU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CityU are $11,812 a year.

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#6

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Post University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Post University are $7,700 per year.

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#7

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Seattle University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 a year.

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#8

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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#10

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the distant town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 per year.

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Southwest
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One of 20 majors within the area of study, marketing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 26 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 Nick Youngson.

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