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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$21,341 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in Rhode Island with 1,019 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Rhode Island 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing

#1

Providence College

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Providence College the best value school in Rhode Island for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Providence are $9,750 per year.

Providence did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

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#2

Salve Regina University

Newport, RI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salve Regina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of Newport, Salve Regina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Salve Regina are $11,730 per year.

Salve Regina not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Salve Regina University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Johnson & Wales University - Online is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. JWU Online is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

JWU Online graduate students pay an average of $14,706 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rhode Island College is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. RIC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Providence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at RIC are $9,590 a year.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at Rhode Island College

Out of the 6 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the # 5 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

URI graduate students pay an average of $16,322 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

URI also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island list, coming in at #5.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at University of Rhode Island Report

#6

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI

Bryant University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Located in the large suburb of Smithfield, Bryant is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bryant are $47,720 per year.

Bryant also took the #4 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Rhode Island rankings.

Read full report on Business, Management & Marketing at Bryant University

Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 11,653
Connecticut 3,389
New Hampshire 4,326
Maine 316
Vermont 543

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 6 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.

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