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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$17,145 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 North Carolina with 6,200 degrees and certificates handed out 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 North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 11 schools in North Carolina 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.

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 North Carolina

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.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

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#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Out of the 11 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,835 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NC State are $11,703 per year.

NC State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 per year.

UNC Charlotte also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #4.

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Western Carolina University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCU are $7,480 per year.

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#7

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 per year.

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Queens University of Charlotte landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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Strayer University - North Carolina ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Strayer University - North Carolina graduate students pay an average of $15,135 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duke are $59,141 per year.

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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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
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 11 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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