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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

16 Colleges
$15,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,403 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, business, management and marketing students earned 6,276 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in Virginia 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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 University of Virginia - Main Campus the best value school in Virginia for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Virginia are $20,906 per year.

University of Virginia also took the #1 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, VA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Virginia. Virginia Tech is a very large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.

Virginia Tech graduate students pay an average of $16,522 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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#3

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 #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

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#4

William & Mary

Williamsburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William & Mary. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. William & Mary is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Williamsburg.

William & Mary graduate students pay an average of $16,618 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

William & Mary also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #4.

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#5

University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, VA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Mary Washington is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UMW is a small public school located in the suburb of Fredericksburg.

UMW graduate students pay an average of $11,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Radford University

Radford, VA

With a ranking of #6, Radford University 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 Radford, Radford is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Radford are $12,535 a year.

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#7

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

GMU graduate students pay an average of $16,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GMU also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia rankings.

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#8

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

With a ranking of #8, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Old Dominion are $13,224 per year.

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#9

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

University of Lynchburg 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 #9 on the list. Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

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

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With a ranking of #10, Virginia Commonwealth University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richmond.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at VCU are $15,518 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
North Carolina 6,200
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 16 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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