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Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$19,452 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,635 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, business administration and management was ranked 2nd in North Carolina. In fact, 10,472 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in North Carolina 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

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

Fayetteville State University graduate students pay an average of $5,835 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Raleigh, NC State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year. After completing their Graduate Certificate, business administration graduates from NC State carry an average student debtload of $17,974.

NC State also took the #2 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UNC Greensboro graduate students pay an average of $8,265 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Western Carolina University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a large student population.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Queens University of Charlotte landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Queens graduate students pay an average of $14,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Duke University

Durham, NC

Duke 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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#8

Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC

Methodist University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Methodist is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Methodist are $41,428 a year.

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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
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

Business Administration & Management is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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).

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