2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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.
Top 10 Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named El Centro College the best value school in the Southwest Region for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year. Business Administration majors at El Centro College take out an average of $19,592 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
El Centro College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year. The average amount in student loans that business administration majors at Amarillo College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,527.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means San Jacinto Community College is a great value for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at San Jacinto College are $5,040 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Plains College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Levelland, South Plains College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at South Plains College are $4,276 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lone Star College System. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the midsize city of The Woodlands.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $6,168 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, business administration majors at North Harris Montgomery accumulate an average of around $12,745 in student debt.
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Central New Mexico Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $7,540 per year. On average, business administration graduates from CNM take out $13,210 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Grayson College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Denison, Grayson College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Grayson College are $5,482 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Grayson College also did well on our Best Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #8, Houston Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business administration and management students working on their undergraduate certificate. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year. The average amount in student loans that business administration majors at Houston Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $19,774.
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Tarrant County College District came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Business Administration & Management Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tarrant County College are $8,235 a year. Business Administration majors at Tarrant County College take out an average of $19,076 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Pima Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business administration and management students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year. On average, business administration graduates from Pima County Community College District take out $18,248 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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Explore the best business administration and management schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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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 21 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.