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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

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

With 226,882 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business, management and marketing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 50 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States 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 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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Out of the 50 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Out of the 50 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Missouri University of Science and Technology helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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#5

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Out of the 50 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Nebraska - Lincoln did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Creighton University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#9

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis 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 #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,142
Missouri 6,180
Minnesota 4,855
Iowa 2,264
North Dakota 463
Nebraska 1,622
South Dakota 278

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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