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2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

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

Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in North Carolina with 6,200 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in North Carolina 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named North Carolina State University the most popular school in North Carolina for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

Of the 191 students majoring in business, management and marketing at NC State, 59% are male and 41% are female.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 18 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 153 students majoring in business, management and marketing at ECU, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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#3

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Fayetteville State University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

Women make up 34% 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 Western Carolina University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

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

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in North Carolina. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte.

About 60% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#6

Duke University

Durham, NC

With a ranking of #6, Duke University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Of the 13 students majoring in business, management and marketing at Duke, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Queens University of Charlotte ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Queens is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Of the 6 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UNC Greensboro, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#9

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Boiling Springs.

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Strayer University - North Carolina landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. Located in the large city of Morrisville, Strayer University - North Carolina is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 1,604
Florida 10,641
Virginia 6,276
Tennessee 3,234
Georgia 4,603
South Carolina 2,077
Louisiana 4,370
West Virginia 1,895
Kentucky 2,845
Arkansas 731
Alabama 4,164

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 18 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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