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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

83 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 83 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 15% Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found University of Pennsylvania to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Out of the 83 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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#3

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehigh University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Bethlehem, Lehigh is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#4

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Villanova University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stevens Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Stevens is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hoboken.

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Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#7

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #7, Johns Hopkins University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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#8

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

University of Scranton came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

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#9

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

With a ranking of #9, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Annville, LVC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#10

George Washington University

Washington, DC

George Washington University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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#11

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

With a ranking of #11, Elizabethtown College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Elizabethtown, Etown is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#12

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

With a ranking of #12, Saint Joseph’s University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Business, Management & Marketing students in the Middle Atlantic Region that almost earned our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
13 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
14 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
15 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA
16 New York University New York, NY

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 15,641
Pennsylvania 10,239
Maryland 5,708
New Jersey 4,113
District of Columbia 3,850
Delaware 1,257

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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