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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$18,864 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. 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.

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

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for business administration and management students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Grand Canyon University Report

Out of the 22 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona 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 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.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Out of the 22 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston - Downtown landed the # 5 spot on the list. UH Downtown is a large public school located in the large city of Houston.

UH Downtown graduate students pay an average of $15,991 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at University of Houston - Downtown Report

#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

Texas Tech 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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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

With a ranking of #7, Angelo State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Angelo State University Report

Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. 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 college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Oklahoma are $23,876 a year.

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Texas Woman’s University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate business administration and management programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Business Administration & Management at Texas Woman’s University Report

Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

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

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.

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