2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You
With 416,590 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, business administration and management is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business administration students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Ferris is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Indiana Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana Tech are $10,026 per year.
Out of the 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Youngstown State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.
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Out of the 42 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Viterbo University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of La Crosse, Viterbo is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Viterbo are $9,488 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Viterbo also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Normal.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Illinois State are $11,773 per year.
Western Illinois University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Macomb, WIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
WIU graduate students pay an average of $12,182 in tuition and fees each year.
Concordia University, Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Concordia University, Chicago is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Chicago are $9,378 per year.
Lewis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Lewis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lewis are $14,960 per year.
Valparaiso University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.
Valpo graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #10, University of St Francis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Saint Francis also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State
Explore the best business administration and management colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 9,389 |
| Ohio | 10,313 |
| Illinois | 13,124 |
| Indiana | 6,950 |
| Wisconsin | 5,343 |
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Business Administration & Management Related Majors for Business Administration
Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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