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

38 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.

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 Most Popular Online 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. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Plains States 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.

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Iowa the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 135 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Capella University, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business, management and marketing schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

About 39% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 61% are male.

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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Out of the 38 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

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

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 26% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 74% are male.

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#7

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

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

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#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #8, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Of the 35 students majoring in business, management and marketing at K -State, 71% are male and 29% are female.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Women make up 32% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their online graduate certificate. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the small city of Mankato.

Of the 34 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Minnesota State Mankato, 56% are male and 44% are female.

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

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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 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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