2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 405 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 25 Top Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named University of Virginia - Main Campus the best school in the United States for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.
Out of the 405 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the United States. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.
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Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Ann Arbor.
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Santa Clara University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Babson College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Babson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wellesley.
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With a ranking of #10, Virginia Tech did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Michigan State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #12, Lehigh University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Lehigh is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bethlehem.
Villanova University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Villanova.
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Stevens Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hoboken, Stevens is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
With a ranking of #15, Linfield University - Online and Continuing Education did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of McMinnville, Linfield OCE is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
With a ranking of #16, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.
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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #17 on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Indiana University - Bloomington ranked #18 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.
University of Southern California landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Texas A&M University - College Station landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #21, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Washington University in St Louis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #22 on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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Johns Hopkins University ranked #23 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Scranton landed the #24 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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University of St Thomas Minnesota came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Rest of the Top Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Additional Award Winners
This list shows the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 405 different United States business, management and marketing schools we analyzed.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Saint Joseph’s University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 52 | Ohio State University - Main Campus | Columbus, OH |
| 53 | Marquette University | Milwaukee, WI |
| 54 | University of Dayton | Dayton, OH |
| 55 | Minnesota State University - Mankato | Mankato, MN |
| 56 | Iowa State University | Ames, IA |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Amherst, MA |
| 58 | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL |
| 59 | Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA |
| 60 | Elmhurst University | Elmhurst, IL |
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 61 | University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia, SC |
| 62 | Colorado State University - Fort Collins | Fort Collins, CO |
| 63 | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ |
| 64 | Furman University | Greenville, SC |
| 65 | Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY |
| 66 | University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 67 | New York University | New York, NY |
| 68 | Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN |
| 69 | Messiah University | Mechanicsburg, PA |
| 70 | Baker University | Baldwin City, KS |
| 71 | Golden Gate University - San Francisco | San Francisco, CA |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | Moon Township, PA |
| 73 | Simpson College | Indianola, IA |
| 74 | Arizona State University - Skysong | Scottsdale, AZ |
| 75 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | Charleston, SC |
| 76 | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX |
| 77 | Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota | Winona, MN |
| 78 | Kansas State University | Manhattan, KS |
| 79 | University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND |
| 80 | University of South Dakota | Vermillion, SD |
| 81 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC |
Business, Management & Marketing by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study
| 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 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 5,784 |
| Marketing | 4,011 |
| Management Information Systems | 2,766 |
| International Business | 2,007 |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 1,823 |
| Taxation | 1,350 |
| Hospitality Management | 1,341 |
| Real Estate | 1,280 |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 1,073 |
| General Sales & Marketing | 537 |
| Construction Management | 466 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 180 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 162 |
| Insurance | 143 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | 117 |
| Telecommunications Management | 23 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 Amit Savargaonkar.
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