2023 Best Value General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
General Sales & Marketing is the #141 most popular major in the country with 5,923 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'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 Best Value General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for sales and marketing 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Sales & Marketing
Our 2023 rankings named Ohio University - Athens Campus the best value school in the United States for general sales and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general sales and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Ball State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Portland State University is a great value for general sales and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Portland State University is a very large public school located in the city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at New York University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general sales and marketing schools in the United States. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NYU are $38,206 per year.
NYU also claimed a spot on our Best General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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View the Best Value General Sales & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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General Sales & Marketing Related Majors for Sales & Marketing
General Sales & Marketing is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 416,590 |
| Accounting | 99,265 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 57,778 |
| General Business/Commerce | 56,042 |
| Marketing | 52,916 |
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 Nick Nijhuis.
More about our data sources and methodologies.