2023 Best Value Other Business & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Other Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
Other Business, Management & Marketing is the #138 most popular major in the country with 4,822 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Other Business & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for other 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.
Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Other Business & Marketing
Our analysis found Valparaiso University to be the best value school for Other business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Valpo is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Valparaiso.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Valpo are $12,220 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Other Business & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 a year.
UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Other Business & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Charleston, EIU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
EIU graduate students pay an average of $21,407 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Other Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State
Explore the best Other business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 95 |
| Ohio | 40 |
| Illinois | 154 |
| Indiana | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 48 |
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Other Business, Management & Marketing Related Majors for Other Business
Other Business, Management & Marketing is one of 21 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Other Business
| 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 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 Amit Savargaonkar.
More about our data sources and methodologies.