2023 Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate School for You
Business, Management & Marketing is the most popular major in the United States with 45,151 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for business, management and marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Global Campus the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greenwood Village, Colorado State University - Global Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Colorado State University - Global Campus graduate students pay an average of $9,000 in tuition and fees each year.
Colorado State University - Global Campus also took the #3 spot in our Best Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Regis U graduate students pay an average of $15,079 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Westminster College Utah. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake are $16,689 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Weber State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. WSU is a very large public school located in the city of Ogden.
WSU graduate students pay an average of $18,226 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #5 for overall quality for business, management and marketing in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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With a ranking of #6, University of Utah did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.
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Boise State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boise State are $26,558 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s best value schools for business, management and marketing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCCS are $25,584 a year.
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The University of Montana ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Missoula.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.
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University of Denver 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 #10 on the list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per year.
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Explore the best business, management and marketing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 15,543 |
| Utah | 19,723 |
| Montana | 1,125 |
| Idaho | 3,685 |
| Wyoming | 604 |
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| 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 10 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.
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