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2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$26,167 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Global Campus the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Global Campus is a large public school located in the city of Greenwood Village.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State University - Global Campus are $9,000 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State University - Global Campus is ranked #3 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in the Rocky Mountains Region .

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#2

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Regis University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.

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#3

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Westminster College Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State graduate students pay an average of $29,043 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

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Boise 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. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boise.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 a year.

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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.

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The University of Montana landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 a year.

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#10

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 7,670
Colorado 5,117
Montana 145
Idaho 531
Wyoming 67

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 10 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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