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2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,891 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

Business Administration & Management is one of the most popular subjects to study in Kentucky. With 2,692 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Kentucky 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 Kentucky

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

Best Kentucky Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business Administration & Management

#1

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Our analysis found University of Louisville to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

UofL graduate students pay an average of $13,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UofL is ranked #1 for overall quality for business administration in Kentucky.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Louisville Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Murray State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Murray State are $9,882 a year.

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#3

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in Kentucky. Located in the suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NKU are $10,284 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Northern Kentucky University Report

#4

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $12,140 per year.

WKU also took the #3 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky rankings.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UK are $13,674 a year.

UK also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list, coming in at #2.

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#6

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

Sullivan University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sullivan University are $15,840 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Sullivan University Report

Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Business Administration & Management Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,852
Virginia 11,308
North Carolina 10,472
Florida 18,071
Tennessee 6,169
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 6 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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