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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 226,882 business, management and marketing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 60 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business, Management & Marketing program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 53% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 41% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Out of the 60 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.

Of the 143 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Portland State University, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Claremont Graduate University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

Of the 74 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Claremont Graduate University, 65% are male and 35% are female.

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#5

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Seattle University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle.

Women make up 55% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Southern Oregon University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Ashland.

Women make up 64% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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#7

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

With a ranking of #7, Santa Clara University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. SCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara.

Women make up 50% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Naval Postgraduate School came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Naval Postgraduate School is a small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Monterey.

Of the 57 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Naval Postgraduate School, 72% are male and 28% are female.

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#9

Fielding Graduate University

Santa Barbara, CA

With a ranking of #9, Fielding Graduate University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Santa Barbara, Fielding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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Golden Gate University - San Francisco ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Golden Gate University - San Francisco, 66% are male and 34% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 California State University - Northridge Northridge, CA
12 Brandman University Irvine, CA

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 19,312
Washington 2,309
Oregon 1,256
Nevada 409
Hawaii 241
Alaska 135

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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