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2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 33 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Business Administration & Management program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Houston - Downtown the most popular school in the Southwest Region for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large 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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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business administration and management schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the 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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#3

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

Out of the 33 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dallas landed the # 3 spot on the list. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irving.

About 32% of the students majoring in business administration at the school are women while 68% are male.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Women make up 46% of the business administration majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular 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.

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

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#6

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Grand Canyon University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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

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With a ranking of #7, The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for business administration and management students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 14 students majoring in business administration at UT Arlington, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business administration and management students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the 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 University of Texas at Dallas ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the business administration majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business administration and management programs. 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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Best Business Administration & Management Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 33 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).

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