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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

66 Colleges
$15,268 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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. 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 the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 66 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business administration students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for business administration majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 a year. After completing their Graduate Certificate, business administration graduates from Columbia Southern University carry an average student debtload of $30,429.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Columbia Southern University also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region 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 American Public University System is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American Military University are $7,050 a year.

American Military University also claimed a spot on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Atlanta. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Herzing University - Atlanta is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Herzing University - Atlanta are $11,680 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Herzing University - Birmingham. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Herzing University - Birmingham is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Birmingham.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Herzing University - Birmingham are $11,680 per year.

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University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population.

University of Virginia graduate students pay an average of $33,520 in tuition and fees each year.

University of Virginia did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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Louisiana Tech University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech is a large public school located in the town of Ruston.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $12,690 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

University of Lynchburg landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 a year.

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#9

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

Lipscomb 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 #9 on the list. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lipscomb are $17,100 per year.

Lipscomb excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

Full Business Administration & Management at Lipscomb University Report

University of Southern Mississippi ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Business Administration & Management students in the Southeast Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Citadel Military College of South Carolina Charleston, SC
12 University of Memphis Memphis, TN
13 Queens University of Charlotte Charlotte, NC

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,852
Virginia 11,308
North Carolina 10,472
Florida 18,071
Tennessee 6,169
Kentucky 2,692
South Carolina 4,017
Louisiana 5,195
Arkansas 2,031
Alabama 7,031
Mississippi 2,589
West Virginia 4,631

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 26 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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