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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

50 Colleges
$11,378 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 50 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States 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

#1

Simpson College

Indianola, IA

Our 2023 rankings named Simpson College the best value school in the Plains States Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Indianola, Simpson College 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 Simpson College are $6,606 a year.

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#2

Park University

Parkville, MO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Park University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Park University are $6,435 a year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Minnesota State Mankato also is in the top 10% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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#4

Grantham University

Lenexa, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grantham University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Grantham University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Lenexa.

Grantham University graduate students pay an average of $4,800 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bethel University Minnesota is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bethel University Minnesota are $11,700 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Bethel University Minnesota also is in the top 10% of our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota 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 #6 on the list. Located in the town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

SMU MN graduate students pay an average of $10,890 in tuition and fees each year.

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Concordia University, Nebraska ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Seward, Concordia University, Nebraska is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Concordia University, Nebraska graduate students pay an average of $8,650 in tuition and fees each year.

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Metropolitan 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 #8 on the list. Metro State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 a year.

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#9

University of Mary

Bismarck, ND

University of Mary 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. Located in the rural area of Bismarck, UMary is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMary are $13,304 a year.

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#10

Baker University

Baldwin City, KS

With a ranking of #10, Baker University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Baker is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Baldwin City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Baker are $12,246 a 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 Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,142
Missouri 6,180
Minnesota 4,855
Iowa 2,264
North Dakota 463
Nebraska 1,622
South Dakota 278

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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