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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$9,083 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business, management and marketing was ranked 3rd in Arkansas. In fact, 731 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UARK are $9,018 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UARK is ranked #2 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Arkansas.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Arkansas. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Conway.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCA are $6,773 a year.

UCA also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #4.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at University of Central Arkansas Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a small public school located in the town of Magnolia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are $6,894 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Arkansas. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.

UA Little Rock graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UA Little Rock also took the #5 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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#5

Strayer University - Arkansas

Little Rock, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Arkansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, Strayer University - Arkansas is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Strayer University - Arkansas are $15,135 per year.

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Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
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 5 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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