2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Arizona State University - Skysong the best value school in the Southwest Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Skysong is ranked #2 for overall quality for business administration in the Southwest Region .
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona 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 UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.
UOPX - Arizona 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 Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 per year.
Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Houston - Downtown is a great value for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UH Downtown are $15,991 a year.
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Texas Tech 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 #6 on the list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 20% of our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Angelo State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Angelo State is a large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.
OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 per year.
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Texas Woman’s University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.
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Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 20,739 |
| Arizona | 17,450 |
| Oklahoma | 3,461 |
| New Mexico | 1,649 |
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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.
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 22 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.