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

21 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.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business, management and marketing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the most popular school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 77% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 106 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Texas A&M College Station, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Of the 292 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Texas Tech, 62% are male and 38% are female.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

Women make up 68% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Strayer University - Texas is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Austin, Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 48% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 19 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Grand Canyon University, 53% are male and 47% are female.

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#7

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

About 51% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 49% are male.

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Arizona State University - Skysong came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

About 80% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 20% are male.

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American InterContinental University - Online did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online 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 Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in business, management and marketing at AIU Online, 78% are male and 22% are female.

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Texas A&M University - Kingsville came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the distant town of Kingsville, Texas A&M Kingsville is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Texas A&M Kingsville, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 7,884
Texas 16,152
Oklahoma 1,823
New Mexico 514

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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 21 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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