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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

83 Colleges
$16,521 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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 Value 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 value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

#1

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA

Our 2023 rankings named La Salle University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. La Salle is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

La Salle graduate students pay an average of $1,455 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Scranton. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Scranton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Scranton are $11,630 a year.

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

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#3

Messiah University

Mechanicsburg, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Messiah University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Messiah graduate students pay an average of $13,050 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Hood College

Frederick, MD

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hood College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Frederick.

Hood graduate students pay an average of $9,080 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Hood also did well on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Villanova University

Villanova, PA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Villanova, Villanova is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.

Villanova did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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University of Maryland Global Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. UMGC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Adelphi.

UMGC graduate students pay an average of $12,132 in tuition and fees each year.

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Thomas Edison 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. Located in the small city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

TESU graduate students pay an average of $12,024 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Saint Joseph's University

Philadelphia, PA

Saint Joseph’s 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

St. Joe’s graduate students pay an average of $18,144 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, St. Joe’s also is in the top 10% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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#9

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

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#10

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD

Mount St Mary’s University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Emmitsburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Mount are $13,676 a year.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the remote town of Clarion, Clarion University is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clarion University are $13,862 per year.

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West Chester University of Pennsylvania 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 #12 on the list. WCUPA is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of West Chester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCUPA are $16,758 per year.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region award.

Rank College Location
13 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
14 Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ
15 Strayer University - Global Region Washington, DC
16 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools 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 27 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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