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

64 Colleges
$26,471 Avg Salary
$15,611 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for business, management and marketing majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the best school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Out of the 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Madison Area Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, Madison College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 64 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Bloomington landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a great place for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Green Bay.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Miami University - Oxford is a large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

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Fox Valley Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate business, management and marketing programs. FVTC is a large public school located in the midsize suburb of Appleton.

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With a ranking of #7, Sinclair Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business, management and marketing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Sinclair Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Dayton.

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Gateway Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Gateway Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Kenosha.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Southwest Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Fennimore.

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Northcentral Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business, management and marketing students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. North Central Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Business, Management & Marketing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Western Technical College La Crosse, WI
12 Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire, WI

Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges by State

Explore the best business, management and marketing schools 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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