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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$11,231 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$82,797 Avg Salary

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

General Business/Commerce is one of the most popular subjects to study in Indiana. With 5,774 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Indiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for general business majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business & Commerce

Our analysis found Indiana University - Bloomington to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $11,329 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

Full General Business/Commerce at Indiana University - Bloomington Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 3 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $10,144 per year.

Ball State also took the #2 spot in our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.

Full General Business/Commerce at Ball State University Report

#3

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Valparaiso University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in Indiana. Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Valparaiso.

Valpo graduate students pay an average of $12,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Valpo did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Valparaiso University

Best Value General Business/Commerce Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Business/Commerce Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 21 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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