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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

101 Colleges
$13,897 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 101 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast 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

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Columbia Southern University also is in the top 15% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Public University System. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

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

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#3

Furman University

Greenville, SC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Furman University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in the Southeast Region . Furman is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Furman are $7,513 per year.

Furman excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Furman University Report

#4

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Atlanta. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Herzing University - Atlanta is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Herzing University - Atlanta are $11,680 a year.

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Herzing University - Birmingham landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Herzing University - Birmingham is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 per year.

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Anderson University South Carolina came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 a year.

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#8

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

With a ranking of #8, Gardner - Webb University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $33,520 per year.

University of Virginia also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #1.

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Louisiana Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Louisiana Tech are $12,690 per year.

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#11

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

University of Lynchburg landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 per year.

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#11

Bellarmine University

Louisville, KY

Bellarmine University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

Bellarmine U graduate students pay an average of $13,652 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Bellarmine University Report

#13

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS

With a ranking of #13, Mississippi College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. MC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Clinton.

MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.

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Citadel Military College of South Carolina landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Charleston, The Citadel is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Citadel are $18,540 per year.

The Citadel excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Queens University of Charlotte 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 #15 on the list. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Queens are $14,166 per year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Queens University of Charlotte Report

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Business, Management & Marketing graduate students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
16 Lipscomb University Nashville, TN
17 The University of Tampa Tampa, FL
18 University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS
19 Strayer University - Georgia Atlanta, GA
20 Southeastern University Lakeland, FL

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
North Carolina 6,200
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
Georgia 4,603
South Carolina 2,077
Louisiana 4,370
West Virginia 1,895
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731
Alabama 4,164

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.

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