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2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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'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 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in the Southwest 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 Phoenix - Arizona the most popular online school in the Southwest Region 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 college with a very large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 31% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online 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 fairly large student population.

Women make up 68% of the business administration majors at the school.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Out of the 14 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 47% of the business administration majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

About 75% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 25% are male.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

About 17% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 83% are male.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Women make up 20% of the business administration majors at the school.

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University of Houston - Downtown 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 #8 on the list. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

About 62% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 38% are male.

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Strayer University - Texas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Austin, Strayer University - Texas is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#10

Aspen University

Denver, CO

Aspen 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. Aspen University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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Explore the most popular online business administration and management colleges 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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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 14 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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