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2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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$64,635 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 416,590 business administration and management students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the best school in the Southwest Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Business Administration & Management at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Full Business Administration & Management at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus Report

#5

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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University of Houston - Downtown ranked #6 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

University of Dallas landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business administration and management programs. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irving.

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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

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The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best business administration and management colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 20,739
Arizona 17,450
Oklahoma 3,461
New Mexico 1,649

One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Business Administration

Related Major Annual Graduates
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 22 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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