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2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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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 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for business administration majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Maryland Global Campus the most popular online school in the Middle Atlantic Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 80 students majoring in business administration at UMGC, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Out of the 37 online programs at schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Strayer University - Global Region landed the # 2 spot on the list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 39 students majoring in business administration at Strayer University - Global Region, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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#3

SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the small suburb of Saratoga Springs, SUNY Empire is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 64% of the business administration majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 52 students majoring in business administration at The Graduate Center, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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#4

Robert Morris University

Moon Township, PA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Robert Morris University is a great place for business administration and management students working on their online graduate certificate. RMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Moon Township.

Of the 20 students majoring in business administration at RMU, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Rochester Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business administration and management programs. RIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

Women make up 53% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#7

University of Scranton

Scranton, PA

University of Scranton came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Scranton, University of Scranton is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 27% are male.

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#8

Lebanon Valley College

Annville, PA

Lebanon Valley College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate business administration and management programs. LVC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small suburb of Annville.

Of the 9 students majoring in business administration at LVC, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Thomas Edison State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. TESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Trenton.

Women make up 25% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#10

American University

Washington, DC

American University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 71% of the business administration majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online business administration and management colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 10,541
New York 20,678
Maryland 6,849
New Jersey 9,288
District of Columbia 2,563
Delaware 1,282

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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 37 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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