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2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

39 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 39 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named DeVry University - Illinois the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, DeVry University - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 701 students majoring in business, management and marketing at DeVry University - Illinois, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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#2

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 74 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Purdue University Global, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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#3

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Davenport University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids, Davenport University is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 56% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Institute of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Indiana Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

About 55% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 45% are male.

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Out of the 39 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wright Graduate University for the Realization of Human Potential landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wright Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Elkhorn.

Women make up 79% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#6

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Women make up 37% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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University of St Francis ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 36% are male.

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Western Illinois University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.

Of the 24 students majoring in business, management and marketing at WIU, 58% are male and 42% are female.

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#9

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 52% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#10

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Michigan State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 65% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 13,721
Indiana 5,487
Ohio 5,612
Wisconsin 2,457
Michigan 5,704

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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 26 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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