2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, business administration and management students earned 10,541 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Pennsylvania 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found University of Scranton to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Scranton are $11,630 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, University of Scranton also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WCUPA are $11,898 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Shippensburg, Ship is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Ship graduate students pay an average of $11,970 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Messiah University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Messiah are $13,050 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Pennsylvania. Villanova is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Villanova are $21,199 per year.
Villanova did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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DeSales University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the rural area of Center Valley, DeSales is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeSales are $21,120 a year.
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Rosemont College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the large suburb of Rosemont, Rosemont is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rosemont are $13,410 a year.
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DeVry University - Pennsylvania 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. Located in the large suburb of Ft. Washington, DeVry University - Pennsylvania is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DeVry University - Pennsylvania are $17,552 a year.
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Eastern University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the suburb of Saint Davids, EU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at EU are $13,976 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, Moravian College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Moravian is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bethlehem.
Moravian graduate students pay an average of $17,964 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New York | 20,678 |
| Maryland | 6,849 |
| New Jersey | 9,288 |
| District of Columbia | 2,563 |
| Delaware | 1,282 |
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Majors Related to Business Administration
One of 21 majors within the area of study, business administration and management has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 19 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.