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

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

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

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 Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 41 schools in the Southwest 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 Phoenix - Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Texas Tech is a fairly 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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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Houston - Downtown helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . UH Downtown is a large public school located in the city of Houston.

Women make up 62% of the business, management and marketing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business, management and marketing schools in the Southwest Region . 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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Out of the 41 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 76 students majoring in business, management and marketing at UT Dallas, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#6

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

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

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

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus 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 #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 58 students majoring in business, management and marketing at University of Oklahoma, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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The University of Texas at Arlington ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

About 30% of the students majoring in business, management and marketing at the school are women while 70% are male.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #9, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly 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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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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 #10 on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

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

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 30 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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