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

30 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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

Check out the business, management and marketing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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Out of the 30 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 3 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Scottsdale.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a very large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

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#6

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX

With a ranking of #6, St. Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of Houston - Downtown ranked #8 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

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University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Dallas

Irving, TX

University of Dallas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. UD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irving.

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Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 27,341
Texas 52,072
New Mexico 2,360
Oklahoma 7,959

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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