2023 Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
Finding the Best General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate School for You
General Business/Commerce is the #16 most popular major in the country with 56,042 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
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 Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Plains States 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 General Business/Commerce program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Business/Commerce Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Most Popular Plains States Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business & Commerce
Our 2023 rankings named University of Kansas the most popular school in the Plains States Region for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.
About 30% of the students majoring in general business at the school are women while 70% are male.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 22% of the students majoring in general business at the school are women while 78% are male.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Rockhurst University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general business/commerce schools in the Plains States Region . Rockhurst is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Kansas City.
Women make up 40% of the general business majors at the school.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - St Louis is a great place for general business/commerce students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 4 students majoring in general business at UMSL, 25% are male and 75% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Concordia University, Nebraska helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general business/commerce schools in the Plains States Region . Concordia University, Nebraska is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Seward.
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Kansas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Creighton University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
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Missouri Western State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the city of Saint Joseph, Missouri Western is a public school with a small student population.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 3,178 |
| Minnesota | 468 |
| Kansas | 417 |
| Iowa | 271 |
| Nebraska | 361 |
| North Dakota | 24 |
| South Dakota | 99 |
Majors Related to General Business
One of 21 majors within the area of study, general business/commerce has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 8 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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