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Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

55 Colleges
$61,403 Avg Salary
$24,100 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 862,104 degrees and certificates were awarded to business, management and marketing students, making the major the most popular in the country.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 55 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named University of Chicago the best school in the Great Lakes Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwestern University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UW - Madison is a fairly large public school located in the city of Madison.

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Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

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Milwaukee School of Engineering came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. MSOE is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

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#8

Cedarville University

Cedarville, OH

Cedarville University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Cedarville is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Cedarville.

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With a ranking of #9, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

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#10

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

With a ranking of #10, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 18,882
Michigan 20,858
Ohio 25,288
Illinois 29,314
Wisconsin 13,275

Business, Management & Marketing Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 416,590
Accounting 99,265
Finance & Financial Management 57,778
General Business/Commerce 56,042
Marketing 52,916
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 43,382
Human Resource Management 28,787
Business Support & Assistant Services 19,119
Hospitality Management 17,689
Management Information Systems 13,680
Entrepreneurial Studies 11,319
International Business 9,101
Real Estate 6,547
General Sales & Marketing 5,923
Business/Managerial Economics 5,667
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 5,191
Other Business, Management & Marketing 4,822
Construction Management 3,846
Insurance 1,809
Taxation 1,547
Business/Corporate Communications 1,029
Telecommunications Management 55

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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