2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in Maryland with 14,316 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Maryland to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for business, management and marketing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Business, Management & Marketing
Our analysis found University of Maryland Global Campus to be the best value school for business, management and marketing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maryland. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a very large student population.
UMGC graduate students pay an average of $9,342 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Towson University is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Towson graduate students pay an average of $11,034 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mount St Mary’s University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value business, management and marketing schools in Maryland. Located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg, The Mount is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The Mount graduate students pay an average of $13,676 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Baltimore is a great value for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. UB is a small public school located in the large city of Baltimore.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UB are $15,764 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Johns Hopkins graduate students pay an average of $61,202 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Johns Hopkins also made our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list, coming in at #1.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 16,821 |
| Pennsylvania | 31,766 |
| New York | 50,069 |
| Delaware | 3,109 |
| District of Columbia | 6,974 |
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Majors Related to Business, Management & Marketing
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 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 Amit Savargaonkar.
More about our data sources and methodologies.