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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$24,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,797 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general business/commerce was ranked #16 in the country. In fact 56,042 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for general business 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.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business & Commerce

#1

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Our analysis found Valparaiso University to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the large suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Valpo are $12,220 a year.

Full General Business/Commerce at Valparaiso University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at IU Bloomington are $33,352 per year.

IU Bloomington also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

Full General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.

Ball State also claimed a spot on our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

UC graduate students pay an average of $26,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UWM are $25,651 per year.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Best General Business/Commerce Colleges by State

Explore the best general business/commerce schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,060
Ohio 581
Illinois 877
Indiana 5,774
Wisconsin 529

General Business/Commerce is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to General Business

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to U.S. Consulate General Munich.

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