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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$13,969 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 4,855 degrees and certificates from a Minnesota school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in Minnesota 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Minnesota State University - Mankato the best value school in Minnesota for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Minnesota State Mankato are $9,308 per year.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

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#2

Bethel University Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Bethel University Minnesota is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Bethel University Minnesota is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Paul.

Bethel University Minnesota graduate students pay an average of $11,700 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, Bethel University Minnesota is ranked #3 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in Minnesota.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. SMU MN is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Winona.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU MN are $10,890 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Metropolitan State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Metro State are $10,237 per year.

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#5

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Cloud State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Minnesota. Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

St. Cloud State University graduate students pay an average of $9,192 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Northwestern - St Paul ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Paul, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $8,982 a year.

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#7

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline 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 #7 on the list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hamline are $10,402 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMN Twin Cities are $19,494 a year.

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#10

Augsburg University

Minneapolis, MN

Augsburg University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Augsburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Augsburg are $13,500 a year.

Full Business, Management & Marketing at Augsburg University Report

Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 2,142
Missouri 6,180
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 14 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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