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2023 Best Value Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

36 Colleges
$7,163 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,051 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 56,042 people earned a degree or certificate in general business/commerce, making the major the #16 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 36 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best General Business/Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Metropolitan Community College to be the best value school for general business/commerce students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. MCC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Omaha.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,680 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, LA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Baton Rouge Community College is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their undergraduate certificate. BRCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge.

BRCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,221 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Rio Salado College

Tempe, AZ

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Rio Salado College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the United States. Rio Salado College is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

Rio Salado College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Rio Salado College also is in the top 20% of our Best Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeast Community College is a great value for general business/commerce students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Norfolk, Northeast is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Northeast are $5,010 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at NorthWest Arkansas Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general business/commerce schools in the United States. NWACC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Bentonville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWACC are $4,456 a year.

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SOWELA Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lake Charles, SOWELA is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SOWELA are $4,265 per year.

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Mesa Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate general business/commerce programs. Mesa Community College is a large public school located in the city of Mesa.

Mesa Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year.

Mesa Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

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#8

Phoenix College

Phoenix, AZ

With a ranking of #8, Phoenix College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general business/commerce students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Phoenix College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Phoenix College are $7,854 a year. The average amount in student loans that general business majors at Phoenix College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $19,530.

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With a ranking of #9, Edison State Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general business/commerce students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Piqua, Edison Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Edison Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,626 in tuition and fees each year. On average, general business graduates from Edison Community College take out $18,813 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#10

Schoolcraft College

Livonia, MI

Schoolcraft College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Business & Commerce Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Schoolcraft College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Livonia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Schoolcraft College are $7,574 a year.

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General Business/Commerce by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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