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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

55 Colleges
$15,877 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 55 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 a year.

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#2

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cedarville University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Cedarville is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Cedarville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cedarville are $9,864 a year.

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

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#3

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Out of the 55 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Baldwin Wallace University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Berea, Baldwin Wallace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Baldwin Wallace College are $11,363 per year.

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#5

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Out of the 55 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Valparaiso University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Valpo graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in tuition and fees each year.

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Indiana Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana Tech are $10,026 per year.

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#7

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

Youngstown 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 #7 on the list. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Youngstown.

Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,931 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Viterbo University

La Crosse, WI

Viterbo University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Viterbo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of La Crosse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Viterbo also is in the top 20% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Western Illinois University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, Illinois State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 a year.

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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 Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 13,721
Indiana 5,487
Ohio 5,612
Wisconsin 2,457
Michigan 5,704

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.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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