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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.

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

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

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greenville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $7,594 per year.

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#2

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fayetteville State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville, Fayetteville State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,835 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Raleigh, NC State is a public school with a very large student population.

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

NC State also made our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 a 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 town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WCU are $7,480 per year.

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Queens University of Charlotte 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 #6 on the list. Queens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the 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 ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

Duke also took the #1 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Methodist are $41,428 per 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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